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Article 10

Attendance and Leave

§10.1 Holiday Observance
(a) An employee who is entitled to time off with pay on days observed

as holidays by the State as an employer shall be granted compensatory time
off when any such holiday falls on a Saturday, provided, however, that

employees scheduled or directed to work on any such Saturday may receive
additional compensation in lieu of such compensatory time off in

accordance with Section 7.16 of this Agreement. The State may designate
a day to be observed as a holiday in lieu of such holiday which falls on

Saturday.
(b) The following holidays will be observed by all employees within this

unit eligible to observe holidays unless otherwise specified by mutual
agreement between the parties:

1. New Year’s Day 7. Labor Day

2. Martin Luther King Day 8. Columbus Day
3. Lincoln’s Birthday 9. Election Day

4. Washington’s Birthday 10. Veterans Day
5. Memorial Day 11. Thanksgiving Day

6. Independence Day 12. Christmas Day

Consistent with the General Construction Law and the Attendance Rules
for the Classified Service, any of the above holidays which fall on Sunday

shall be observed on the following Monday.

(c) The State, at its option, may designate up to two floating holidays in a
contract year (April-March) in lieu of two of the holidays set forth in Article
10.1(b), such that employees shall have the opportunity to select, on an

individual basis, the dates upon which such floating holidays will be

observed by them, consistent with the reasonable operating needs of the
State. Such employee requests shall not be unreasonably or arbitrarily

denied.
In April of each contract year, the State shall provide notice to employees

of the designation of holidays to be floated in that contract year.
Floating holiday leave credits may be used in such units of time as the

appointing authority may approve, but the appointing authority shall not

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