VII Holidays
A. The following days are defined as legal holidays. On these days, West Valley City offices are closed, except as otherwise provided by law and noted below:
1. New Year’s Day – January 1st
2. Martin Luther King Day – January 15th
3. Presidents’ Day – Third Monday in February
4. Memorial Day – Last Monday in May
5. Juneteenth – June 19th
6. Independence Day – July 4th
7. Pioneer Day – July 24th
8. Labor Day – First Monday in September
9. Veterans Day – November 11th
10. Thanksgiving Day – Fourth Thursday in November
10. Christmas Day – December 25th
B. Each employee is fronted a total of 110 hours of holiday at the beginning of pay period 23 of each year. Employees are encouraged not to use their holidays until after the holiday occurs.
1. Part-time benefited employees receive holiday hours in proportion to hours worked.
2. Fire Department 24-hour employees are entitled to 132 hours of holiday leave.
3. In the event an employee has been allowed to use holiday hours prior to the holiday, and leaves employment with the City, all hours must be paid back.
C. Holiday hours will be considered hours worked for the purpose of overtime as long as the hours are taken on the day the holiday occurs, or on the day the City designates as the holiday.
D. Upon approval from a supervisor, employees, who are scheduled to work on a holiday, may be eligible for overtime at a rate of double time and a half taking holiday hours in addition to working over 40 hours.
E. Benefited employees are not entitled to holidays with pay, unless compensated for their scheduled shift the day before and after the holiday.
F. Holiday hours will not be approved for the employee’s last day of work or if the employee is scheduled to work and is absent without excuse.
G. Holiday hours are forfeited if not used by the end of pay period 22.
H. In the event any of the above holidays fall on a Sunday, the following Monday is considered the official holiday. In the event any of the above holidays fall on a Friday or Saturday, it will be considered a floating holiday and may be scheduled with the supervisor to be taken at a future date. Amended 05/11/22 EO 22-153