Everett Firefighters Local No 46 12/30/2021

section one and their holiday pay will be prorated accordingly.(Holiday pay will be reduced by .03 of the holiday pay for each 8-hour holiday taken or they will be allowed to take vacation for the holiday. Holiday pay will be paid twice a year. Fifty(50)percent will be paid in July(the first paycheck that includes July 4)and fifty(50)percent will be paid the following January(the first paycheck that includes December 25). An employee who leaves will be paid on a pro-rated basis(the number of the 11 holidays that have passed). 5. Floating holidays(Special Off)may be accrued without limit in number and taken at the employee's request,provided that the Department has the right to deny a request where taking the day would result in overtime. So that the employee may have a reasonable opportunity to plan for the usage of floating holidays(Special Off),the Department will ensure that if the approval of the day off does not appear to cause overtime as of fourteen(14)days prior to the date of the day off,then the Department will assure the employee that he/she may take the day off. The only circumstances in which floating holidays(Special Off)will be redeemable for cash(compensable based on the employee's then applicable hourly rate of pay)shall be if the employee dies while in the employment of the City.: 6. Special off days,either floating vacation days or floating holidays,will be taken in 10-hour increments beginning at 0800, 14-hour increments beginning at 1800 hours or 24-hour increments beginning at 0800 hours. 13