11.1 Scheduled Holidays The District agrees to provide all employees in
the Bargaining Unit with the following paid holidays during the term
of this Agreement:
11.1.1 New Year's Day
11.1.2 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
11.1.3 Lincoln Day
11.1.4 Washington Day -- Third Monday in February
11.1.5 César Chavez Day (March 31)
11.1.6 Spring Vacation Day -- Friday of Spring Recess Week
11.1.7 Memorial Day -- Last Monday in May
11.1.8 Independence Day
11.1.9 Labor Day -- First Monday in September
11.1.10 Veteran's Day
11.1.11 Thanksgiving Day -- Thursday proclaimed by the President
(Generally the fourth Thursday in November)
11.1.12 Friday following Thanksgiving Day
11.1.13 Christmas Eve
11.1.14 Christmas Day
11.1.15 Day after Christmas
11.1.16 Day before New Year's Day.
11.2 Additional Holidays Every day declared by the President or
Governor of this State as a public fast, mourning, thanksgiving, or
holiday, which is a paid holiday for state or federal employees shall
be a paid holiday for all employees in the bargaining unit. Any day
declared a holiday by the Governing Board under Education Code,
Sections 79021 or 79022, shall be a paid holiday for all employees in
the Bargaining Unit.
11.3 Holidays on Saturday, Sunday, or Other Days Off
11.3.1 When a holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding workday
not a holiday shall be deemed to be that holiday. When a
holiday falls on Sunday, the following workday not a holiday
shall be deemed to be that holiday.
11.3.2 The operation of this section shall not cause any employee to
lose any of the holidays clearly indicated in this Article nor
gain any additional holidays not indicated in this Article.
11.3.3 When a holiday falls on an employee's regular day off other
than Saturday or Sunday the employee shall be provided a
holiday on the work day either previous or subsequent to
the holiday. The substitute holiday shall be determined by
agreement between the employee and his or her supervisor.
If the employee and supervisor are unable to agree on a
substitute holiday, the determination shall be made by the
Director of Human Resources.
11.4 Holiday Eligibility Except as otherwise provided in this article, an
employee must be in paid status on the working day immediately
preceding or succeeding the holiday to be paid for the holiday.
11.5 Number of Holidays In any one year, the number of holidays shall
always equal the number of days set forth in Section 11.1 (i.e., there
shall always be 16 paid holidays regardless of any fluctuations of the
calendar from year to year).
11.6 Employees in 10-month positions who work during the summer,
outside of their contract period, shall receive holiday pay for
holidays that occur during the period they work.
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