Holidays

WVEMS will grant holiday time off to all eligible employees on the holidays listed below:

New Year's Day (January 1)

Lee-Jackson Day (Friday before Martin Luther King Day)

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (third Monday in January)

Presidents' Day (third Monday in February)

Memorial Day (last Monday in May)

Independence Day (July 4)

Labor Day (first Monday in September)

Columbus Day (second Monday in October)

Veterans' Day (November 11)

Thanksgiving (fourth Thursday in November)

Day after Thanksgiving

Christmas Eve (December 24)

Christmas (December 25)

Other days designated as holidays by the Governor of Virginia or the President of the United States and approved by the President of the Council Board

WVEMS will grant paid holiday time off to all eligible employees immediately upon assignment to an eligible employment classification. Holiday pay will be calculated based on the employee's straight-time pay rate (as of the date of the holiday) times the number of hours the employee would otherwise have worked on that day. Eligible employee classification(s):

Regular full-time employees

Introductory employees

A recognized holiday that falls on a Saturday will be observed on the preceding Friday. A recognized holiday that falls on a Sunday will be observed on the following Monday.

Additional time off as declared by the Governor of Virginia may be observed at the discretion of the Executive Director or the President.

If a recognized holiday falls during an eligible employee's paid absence (such as vacation or sick leave), holiday pay will be provided instead of the paid time off benefit that would otherwise have applied.

If eligible nonexempt or exempt employees work on a recognized holiday, they will be entitled to take "floating holiday hours" at another time equivalent to the number of hours worked on the holiday.

For Contractual and Temporary Employees: Holiday policies shall be in accordance with the employment agreement or contract between the employee and WVEMS.

Policy No.  3.05  Issued  1/1/2019  Applicable  12/13/2018