Ohio Administrative Code
Title 3337 - Ohio University
Chapter 3337-41 - Compensation
Section 3337-41-125 - Holidays
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 3337-41-125
Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) Eligibility
The following categories of employees are eligible for the holidays identified in this policy:
(1)
Full-time and
part-time employees, excluding temporary and intermittent appointments.
Bargaining unit employees covered under a collective bargaining agreement
should refer to their current contract for specifics of
participation.
(2)
"Tenure track," "instructional," "visiting professor,"
and "clinical" faculty, as defined by the "Faculty Handbook."
(B) Policy
This policy complies with federal and state laws and Ohio university trustees' action, and provides for the maximum possible predictability of holidays for planning purposes.
The university will be closed in observance of holidays approved by the Ohio university trustees.
(1)
A holiday which
occurs on a Saturday will be observed on the preceeding Friday; a holiday which
occurs on a Sunday will be observed on the following Monday.
(2)
Security and
vital services staff (e.g., heating plant and Ohio university police
department) will be required to work on holidays to maintain the vital services
of the university.
(3)
To the extent practicable, department heads and
chairpersons should afford the maximum opportunity for employees to schedule
time off for the express purpose of observing legitimate religious holidays.
Such time off may be in the form of vacation leave or time off without
pay.
(4)
If an administrative employee works on a holiday, they
may take compensatory time off (at the rate of one hours off for every hour
worked on the holiday) within the same fiscal year, scheduled with the approval
of the department head. Any compensatory time not taken within the same fiscal
year as the holiday will be forfeited.
(5)
Employees are
eligible for holiday pay for that portion of any holiday on which they would
normally have been scheduled to work. Intermittent and emergency employees do
not qualify for holiday pay.
(6)
Holiday pay is
not applicable for a holiday which occurs during an employee's unpaid leave of
absence.
(7)
The following ten days are to be observed as
holidays:
(a)
New Year's day (January first)
(b)
Martin Luther
King day (third Monday in January)
(c)
Memorial day
(last Monday in May)
(d)
Juneteenth National Independence day (June
nineteenth)
(e)
Independence day (July fourth)
(f)
Labor day (first
Monday in September)
(g)
Veterans day (November eleventh)
(h)
Thanksgiving day
(fourth Thursday in November)
(i)
Indigenous
People's day/ Columbus day (second Monday in October*)
(j)
President's day
(third Monday in February*)
(k)
Christmas day
(December twenty-fifth)
*These two 'floating holidays" are scheduled on days other than the traditional dates shown in parentheses; see part (F) of policy 41.001, and paragraph (C)(2) of this policy.
(C) Process
(1)
At least three to four weeks prior to a scheduled
holiday, notice should be given by the department head to employees who are
required to work on that holiday to maintainthe vital services of the
university. If a supervisor assigns an hourly-pay employee to work on a day
observed as a holiday, the employee will receive holiday day plus pay for time
worked, as described in policy 40.050.
(2)
University human
resources will issue an official list of holiday observance dates for each
fiscal year, as far in advance of the start of that fiscal year as practicable.
Included in the list will be the dates of observance for the two floating
holidays.
Replaces: 3337-41-125
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