Managers or immediate supervisors shall have the right to require proof of an emergency. The University agrees that such proof shall be kept confidential. Failure of a supervisor to supply such proof shall result in a salary deletion for the day(s) and appropriate disciplinary action may be taken if warranted.
For staff members subject to a seven (7) day a week schedule, New Year’s Day, Independence Day, and Christmas shall be observed on the actual day they occur, e.g., if Christmas falls on Saturday, it shall be observed on Saturday. For staff members subject to a Monday – Friday schedule, these holidays will be observed as follows:
If the holiday falls on a Saturday, it will be observed the preceding Friday. If it falls on Sunday, it will be observed the next day, Monday.
Staff members, absent compelling documentation of illness or emergency, who call off on the scheduled day before or after a holiday or if scheduled to work the holiday call off, will be salary deleted and forfeit the holiday.
8.02 Holiday Entitlement:
The University shall have the right, at its sole discretion, to require any staff member to work on the holidays specified above. The University agrees to assign holidays off on an equitable and rotational basis.
If the holiday falls on a staff member’s day off, he/she shall receive another day off for the holiday. The holiday may not be used prior to the date the actual holiday is observed and shall be scheduled within sixty(60) calendar days after the date the actual holiday is observed. If the staff member has requested, but not received the compensatory time off for the holiday by the sixty(60) calendar day period, the University will either pay the staff member for the holiday at his/her base rate of pay or shall be scheduled for the time off by the next pay period.
If a holiday falls during a staff member’s vacation, the day will be observed as a holiday and vacation time will not be charged for the day.
8.03 Holiday Pay:
A. Non-exempt supervisors who are required to work on a holiday shall be paid at the rate of time and one-half (1-1/2) their base rate of pay for all hours worked. In addition, they shall receive either a scheduled day off or be credited with one(1) day of compensatory time.
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