Department:  All

Subject: Holiday Pay

Definition: Schmitt Woodland Hills recognizes the following as officially observed, paid holidays: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.

Policy: Employees averaging 40 or more paid hours per week shall receive 8 hours of straight pay for each holiday.  In addition, employees who work the holiday shall receive 1 ½ pay for all hours worked.  Employees averaging less than 40 paid hours per week will receive pro- rated pay for holidays.

Procedure:  

1. To be eligible for holiday pay all employees must have successfully completed 90 days of consecutive employment and must work their scheduled day preceding and following the holiday.  If the employee is removed from the schedule on either one or both of these days (for reasons of calling in sick without finding own swap/replacement, call-ins, or no show) they will not be paid for that holiday. This does not apply if for employee is sent home for/offered low census.
2. Employees within their first 90 days of employment who work the holiday shall receive 1 ½ pay for all hours worked, but are not eligible for holiday pay.
3. Temporary or per diem staff who work the holiday shall receive 1 ½ pay for all hours worked on a holiday, but are not eligible for holiday pay.
4. Holidays will be considered to be the actual date of the holiday.
5. Employees working the night shift starting at 10:00 p.m. the eve of the holiday receive holiday pay for the shift, not midnight to midnight. (In other words, the holiday pay occurs on whichever day contains the most worked hours; ex. Shift starting on December 24^th at 10:00 pm to 6:00 am on December 25^th is considered the holiday for night shift as 6 of the hours of the shift are during the Christmas Day Holiday)
6. Non-exempt (salaried) staff who work on a holiday may take a different day off to use their holiday pay, with the approval of their supervisor. They should fill out a time off slip designating when the holiday was observed.
7. If a holiday occurs on a weekend, employees who are not replaced if absent (ex. medical records, office staff) may opt to take a weekday off to apply their holiday pay hours towards, or they may choose to work their regular schedule and receive their holiday pay without additional time off.
8. Hours worked on a holiday are considered straight time for overtime calculation purposes.
9. Employees who work the holiday shall receive one free meal.

This policy supersedes any and all other Holiday Pay Policies.