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15 <br /> <br />ARTICLE 10 - HOLIDAYS <br /> <br />Holiday Date Observed <br />(Suppression) (Non-Suppression) <br />New Year’s Day Actual Calendar Day Per City Calendar <br />Martin Luther King Day Actual Calendar Day Per City Calendar <br />President's Day Actual Calendar Day Per City Calendar <br />Memorial Day Actual Calendar Day Per City Calendar <br />Juneteenth Actual Calendar Day Per City Calendar <br />Independence Day Actual Calendar Day Per City Calendar <br />Labor Day Actual Calendar Day Per City Calendar <br />Veteran's Day Actual Calendar Day Per City Calendar <br />Thanksgiving Day Actual Calendar Day Per City Calendar <br />Christmas Actual Calendar Day Per City Calendar <br /> <br />1. For the purpose of establishing the holiday shift, it shall be determined as the day on which the shift starts. The <br />City may refuse a request for a floating holiday (Special Off) if it reduces the minimum manning level below <br />the level stated in Article 27. <br /> <br />2. Non-suppression personnel, employees will observe the holiday in accordance with the City calendar. <br />Employees whose normal day off is Monday or Friday will bank eight hours of holiday time when the <br />designated Holiday falls on their day off. <br /> <br />Suppression personnel in a paid status (scheduled or non-scheduled) or on protected unpaid leave will accrue <br />twelve (12) holiday hours for a maximum of one hundred thirty-two (132) in accordance with section 1. In <br />addition, employees that work Christmas Day (December 25th) and/or Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday in <br />November) will be paid time and one-half for hours worked on the holiday in accordance with section 3 <br />above. Employees that work overtime on Christmas Day (December 25th) and/or Thanksgiving Day (4th <br />Thursday in November) will be paid at a rate of two times. <br /> <br />3. Suppression Employees will make an annual election of one of the options below: <br /> <br />Employees will make an annual election of one of the options below. Elections must be submitted to payroll <br />by the membership through open enrollment each year. Employees hired any time from January 2nd through <br />November 30th will have a choice of either Options A or B for the year they are hired. Employees that are <br />hired in the month of December will default to Option A for the year they are hired and will have the options <br />of A or B for subsequent years. The City will provide a written agreement for the member to sign <br />electronically during open enrollment period each year. The options are as follows: <br /> <br />Option A: Cash Out Option <br />Suppression employees will earn holiday time at a rate of 12 hours per the 11 City holidays (132 total hours). <br />Holiday time is not to be considered time off work but will be payable on the holiday itself. This is the <br />default for all employees who do not declare Option B below during open enrollment of the prior year, or <br />within 30 days of being hired. <br /> <br />If the employee separates during the year, they will not be entitled to any paid holidays past the separation <br />date. <br /> <br />New Hires who declare Option A within 30 days of being hired will earn 12 hours of holiday pay for each <br />holiday that follows their date of hire. For newly hired employees who start December 1 -December 25, the <br />Christmas holiday will be paid in the pay period in which it is earned. The employee may elect to receive <br />personal leave beginning the first of the new year, subject to Option B. <br />