13.1 Eligibility
Regular full-time unit members in established positions shall be entitled to take all authorized holidays at full pay, not to exceed eight (8) hours for any one (1) day, provided they are in a full pay status on both their regularly scheduled work days immediately preceding and following the holiday. Part-time unit members shall be entitled to holiday pay in proportion to the average percentage of full-time hours worked during the two (2) pay periods immediately preceding the pay period which includes the holiday. If two (2) or more holidays fall on succeeding or alternate pay periods, then the average full-time hours worked in the two (2) pay periods immediately preceding the first holiday shall be used in determining the holiday pay entitlement for the subsequent holiday.
13.2 Holidays
The holidays in this County are:
The holidays in this County are:
January 1……………………………………………………………………………………….. (New Year’s Day)
Third Monday in January……………………………………………………………. (Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday)
Third Monday in February……………………………………………………………(Washington’s Birthday)
Last Monday in May……………………………………………………………………. (Memorial Day)
June 19…………………………………………………………………………………………… (Juneteenth)
July 4………………………………………………………………………………………………. (Independence Day)
First Monday in September……………………………………………………….. (Labor Day)
Second Monday in October………………………………………………………. (Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples Day)
November 11………………………………………………………………………………… (Veterans Day)
Fourth Thursday in November…………………………………………………… (Thanksgiving Day)
Friday following Thanksgiving
December 25…………………………………………………………………………………. (Christmas Day)
Floating Holiday……………………………………………………………………………. (Accrued on February 12)
Every day appointed by the President of the United States or the Governor of the State of California to be a day of public mourning, thanksgiving or holiday. The granting of such holidays shall be discretionary with the Board of Supervisors.
If the Legislature or the Governor appoints a date different from the one shown above for the observance of one of these holidays, then San Mateo County shall observe the holiday on the date appointed by the Legislature or the Governor.
Winter Recess Days
- Effective in December 2019, December 2020, and December 2021, the County shall provide two (2) paid winter recess holidays (the equivalent of sixteen (16) hours for a full time employee) per year.
- For a two (2) day period designated by the County between December 26th and December 31st of each year during the term of this 2019 MOU, the County agrees to hold a Winter Recess. During the Winter Recess, County departments and divisions employing bargaining unit employees may move to minimum staffing levels and/or close business, depending on the needs of the department and the public served. Which departments and divisions will close or go to minimum staffing and which bargaining unit members will be required to work is entirely within the discretion of the Appointing Authority or their designee. The determination for closure shall be made by the Department Head and subject to County Manager and Board of Supervisors’ approval.
- During the Winter Recess, regular full-time employees in established positions shall be entitled to eight (8) hours of full pay for each day of the two-day Winter Recess, provided they are in a full pay status on both their regularly scheduled workdays immediately preceding and following the holiday. Part-time employees shall be entitled to holiday pay, not to exceed eight (8) hours for any one (1) day, in proportion to the average percentage of hours worked during the two (2) pay periods without holidays immediately preceding the pay period which includes the holiday.
- If either of the Winter Recess days falls on a day the employee is not regularly scheduled to work, or if an employee is required to work on a Winter Recess day, the employee shall be entitled to equivalent straight time off with pay. “Winter Recess” exchange days shall be scheduled in the same manner as vacation, unless the department’s policy is to schedule vacation per a vacation sign up list, in which case these days shall be scheduled in the same manner as a Floating Holiday This equivalent time off is limited to sixteen (16) hours, with any time earned in excess of thirty-two (32) hours forfeited. If an employee leaves County service with accrued Winter Recess hours, those hours will be cashed out with terminal pay. Employees working on a Winter Recess day shall be compensated in accordance with the provisions of this MOU.
13.3 Holiday Falling on Sunday
If one of the holidays listed above falls on Sunday, the holiday will be observed on Monday.
13.4 Holiday Falling on employee’s Regular Day Off
If any of the holidays listed above falls on a day other than Sunday and the unit member is not regularly scheduled to work that day, or if a unit member is required to work on a holiday, the unit member shall be entitled to equivalent straight time off with pay. This equivalent straight time off earned is limited to one hundred and twenty (120) hours with any time earned in excess of one hundred and twenty (120) hours cashed out at the equivalent straight time rate within one pay period of accrual. If a unit member leaves County service with accrued holiday hours, those hours will be cashed out in the unit member’s final check.
13.5 Hours Worked on a Holiday
Unit members working on a holiday shall be compensated for such time worked at the rate of one and one-half times the straight-time rate and shall receive up to eight (8) hours of accrued time off in the employee’s holiday bank.