HomeMy WebLinkAbout1977-2041 HOLIDAYS WITH PAY. -
ORDINANCE NO. ---(--\‘■\\
AN ORDINANCE relating to city personnel; designating holidays for city
employees; amending Section 2.40.080 of the City of
Yakima Municipal Code.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
• Section 1. Section 2.40.080 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"2. 40. 080 Holidays with pay.
A. The following days are hereby established as holi-
days with pay for all eligible employees of the City of Yakima:
first day of January (New Year's Day), twelfth day of February
(Lincoln's Birthday), third Monday of February (Washington's
Birthday), thirtieth day of May (Memorial Day), fourth day of
July (Independence Day), first Monday of September (Labor Day),
eleventh day of November (Veterans Day), fourth Thursday of
November (Thanksgiving Day), the day immediately following
Thanksgiving Day, and the twenty-fifth day of December
(Christmas).
B. In addition to the days specified in Subsection A all
eligible employees shall be entitled to one paid personal holiday
to be selected by the employee subject to the following condi-
tions:
• 1. The employee has been or is scheduled to be continu-
ously employed for the City for more than six months,
and
2. The employee has given not less than 14 calendar days
of written notice to the appointing authority, provided,
however, the employee and the appointing authority
may agree on an earlier date, and
3. The appointing authority has approved the day, and
4. The day selected does not prevent a department from
providing continued public service and does not inter-
fere with the efficient operation of the department, and
5. The personal day must be taken during the calendar
year or entitlement to the day will lapse except when
when an employee has requested a personal holiday
and the request has been denied, and
• 6. The personal holiday is not taken off immediately be--
fore or immediately after another holiday unless ap-
proved by the appointing authority.
C. Except as provided by Sub Sections 2.40.080 I and J
of this Section,whenever any holiday specified in Sub Section
2.40.080 A of this Section falls on a Saturday, the preceeding
Friday shall be scheduled as a holiday for part of the employees
of each City department, and the remaining employees of each
• department shall be granted another day off within the next two
weeks after any such holiday, with such day off to be scheduled
for each employee entitled thereto at a time determined at the
discretion of the department manager to be practical so as
not to interfere with service to the public, but so as to give the
employee the choice of the day preferred if possible.
D. Except as provided by Sub Sections 2. 40.080 I and J
of this Section, whenever any holiday specified in Sub Section
2.40.080 A of this Section falls on a Sunday, the succeeding
Monday shall be scheduled as a holiday for part of the employees
of each city department, and the remaining employees of each
department shall be granted another day off within the next two
weeks after any such holiday, with such day off to be scheduled
for each employee entitled thereto at a time determined at the
discretion of the department manager to be practical so as not
to interfere with service to the public, but so as to give the
employee the choice of the day preferred if possible.
E. Employees shall receive one day's holiday pay at the
straight time rate for each holiday specified in SubSection
2.40.080 A of this Section on which those employees perform
no work, if the employee performs work on a holiday, that em-
ployee shall receive holiday pay plus overtime pay for all hours
worked, except for employees covered by Sub Sections 2.40.080 I
and J of this Section. The holiday shall be included as "time
worked" at straight time for the purpose of determining whether
an employee has worked forty hours in a week.
F. When employees below the level of division head other
than those working on jobs where employees are scheduled to
work in shifts in a service that is rendered seven days per week
• and 24 hours per day are required to work on a holiday, they
shall be paid for such work at the rate of time and one-half in
addition to their regular pay.
G. In the event that a holiday occurs during a period of
annual leave of an employee, such holiday shall not be charged as
a day of leave.
H. No employee shall be paid for a holiday unless such
employee is in a pay status both the workday before and the work-
day after such holiday, except for employees working special
schedules wherein holidays are worked as a part of that schedule.
I. In the Fire Department, holiday leave shall be governed
by Section 2.22.080 of this code.
J. In the Police Department, an employee shall be granted
time off in lieu of holidays in an amount equal to the actual num-
ber of holidays enjoyed by other employees during the calendar
year. The amount of time off in lieu of holidays to be granted dur-
ing each year shall be computed each January and scheduled to be
taken during the calendar year. The amount of time off in lieu of
holidays to be granted an employee who is employed for a partial
• calendar year shall be prorated for the period of the calendar year
during wh ich that individual is employed and a deduction shall be
taken from the salary of any employee who ceases employment
and who has taken time off in lieu of holidays in excess of the pro
rata amount to be granted the employee by the provisions of this
Section. Any time off in lieu of holidays not taken by December 31
of each year shall be forfeited unless the City Manager extends
the time within which such time off may be taken because of an
emergency or other unusual circumstances.
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K. In the event that a holiday falls on an employee's regu-
lar day off, the employee shall have equal time off to be scheduled
within 90 days. "
Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty
days after its passage, approval and publication as provided by law and
by the City Charter.
PASSED I3Y THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this �h
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day of 7 (\nt.„ , , 1977.
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Mayor
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