Section One. For the purposes of this Article, holidays are as follows: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Day, Lincoln’s Birthday, Washington’s Birthday, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans’ Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day.

Section Two. Unless superseded in this Article, the provisions of C.G.S. Section 5-254 and the appurtenant regulations shall continue in force.

Section Three. Holiday Pay. Each full-time permanent employee shall receive pay for the holidays as designated in Section One as follows:

1) When an employee’s schedule includes a Holiday, but the employee is not obligated to work on that designated holiday, said employee shall receive his/her regular week’s pay for the week in which the holiday falls [said holiday pay is equal to eight (8) hours].

2) When an employee is neither scheduled to work, nor called-in on the holiday the employee shall receive a compensatory day of eight (8) hours.

3) If an employee works on the holiday as part of his/her regular schedule, the employee shall receive a compensatory day off plus he/she shall be paid time and one-half for all hours worked on the holiday.

4) An employee who is scheduled to be off on a holiday but is called-in on that holiday shall receive pay at time and one-half for all hours worked plus a compensatory day off.

5) When an employee who is scheduled to work for less than a full day on the holiday, in order to fill out the regular workweek, the employee shall receive pay at time and one-half for all hours worked, plus compensatory time for the difference between eight (8) hours and the actual time worked.

6) Christmas Exception [December 25 12:01 A.M. through Midnight December 26] (a) for all employees who are scheduled to work on Christmas, all hours worked on that day shall be paid at time and one-half plus the employee shall receive straight time pay [eight (8) hours) in lieu of having a compensatory day for the holiday. (b) For all employees called-in to work on Christmas, outside the regular schedule, section 4) supra, shall apply.

7) Except where otherwise provided herein, a compensatory day paid to an employee who actually worked on the holiday, shall be equal to eight (8) hours. Any current stipulated agreements regarding the length of the compensatory day shall be deemed void by virtue of this provision.

Section Four. Regularly scheduled holiday work for Conservation Enforcement Officers shall be equitably distributed within regions over long periods of time (i.e. approximately one year) consistent with operational requirements.

Regularly scheduled holiday work for Maintainers in the Department of Environmental Protection shall be equitably distributed among employees in the same classification performing similar duties within the same work area (e.g. park, forest) over long periods of time (i.e., approximately one year), consistent with operational requirements.

Section Five. Under the Department of Motor Vehicles work schedule, when a legal holiday falls on a Friday, the normal Saturday hours shall be scheduled for the following Tuesday evening.

Section Six. Employees shall be allowed to bank up to but not more than 100 hours of holiday compensatory time. If, at any time an employee’s personal compensatory time bank exceeds the 100 hour maximum, the employee shall be paid for the time in excess of 100 hours as soon thereafter as is practicable. Said monies shall be paid at the pay rate in force on the date of the payment. Employees who exceed the 100 hour maximum on the date of legislative ratification of this Agreement shall arrange with their Agency to eliminate the excess by use of release time and/or payment, but in no case may they continue to bank new compensatory time until their bank is less than 100 hours.

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