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ORDINANCE 95-78 2. Any new permanent full-time employee hired on or after January 1st for the purposes of computing "optional days" shall be entitled to the following optional days in their first year of employment: Optional Davs January 1st through March 31st April 1st through June 30th July 1st through September 30th October 1st through December 31st 0 3. The scheduling of such "optional days" is subject to the approval of the Employees' Department Head. G. Holidavs The following seven (7) days shall be deemed to be holidays on the dates on which they are observed under the laws of the State of Ohio, unless otherwise designated by the Mayor: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, the day after Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. In addition, the afternoons of Christmas Eve Day and New Year's Eve Day shall also be deemed to be holidays. A permanent full-time employee shall not be required to work on any of said holidays unless in the opinion of his responsible administrative superior his failure to work would impair the public service. Compensation For Holidays Not Worked. If not required to work on paid holidays, afull-time employee shall be entitled to receive pay at his regular rate of compensation on such holiday on which he has not worked provided, however, that if any employee without just cause (as determined by the head of his department) fails to report to work on a regularly scheduled work day immediately preceding or immediately following such holiday, he shall not be entitled to compensation for the holiday not worked. If an employee's work schedule is other than Monday through Friday, he shall be entitled to a day's regular pay for a holiday observed on his day off, regardless of the day of the week on which it is observed. 3. Compensation For Holidays Worked. If a full-time employee works on one of the above-designated holidays, he shall be compensated at the rate of one and one-half (1-1/2) times his hourly rate for each hour worked and shall be given compensatory time off equal to the number of hours worked, with such compensatory time off to be first approved by the department head. (For example: A Class B Dispatcher earning $11.33 per hour is required to work an 8-hour shift on Christmas Day. He would be compensated at the rate of $17.00 per hour for the 8-hour shift and would also be entitled to 8 hours compensatory time.) 4. Compensation for Holiday During Vacation. If a full-time employee is on vacation during one of the above~lesignated holidays, that day shall be considered a holiday day off and shall not be counted or compensated as a vacation day. 5. All full time employees of the Police and Fire Departments who work the majority of a shift on a holiday shall be compensated for the entire shift in accordance with the holiday pay provisions set forth hereinabove. 11 WAGE ORDINANCE