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'-• O,itDINANCE NO. 2003-35 PAGE 13 153.14 HOLIDAYS. (a.) The following eight (8) 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, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. For part-time firefighters only, New Year's Eve will be deemed a holiday as well. 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 (b.) Compensation For Holidays Not Worked: If not required to work on paid holidays, a full- 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 holida.y 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. (c.) 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 eaming $11.72 per hour is required to work an 8-hour shift on Christmas Day. She would be compensated at the rate of $17.58 per hour for the 8-hour shift and would also be entitled to 8 hours compensatory time.) Part-time employees who are required to work on a full-day holiday will be compensated at one and one-half (1 '/2) their normal rate of pay for hours worked on the holiday during those hours which full-time employees receive a holiday premium. (d.) Compensation for Holiday During; Vacation: If a full-time employee is on vacation during one of the above-designated holidays, that day shall be considered a holiday day off and shall not be counted or compensated as a vacation day. (e.) All full time employees of the Police and Fire Departments who work the ma.jority of a shift on a holiday shall be compensated for the entire shift in accordance with the holiday pay provisions set forth hereinabove. (f.) For work performed on the holidays described above, all part time firefighters will be compensated at their hourly rate times one and one half provided that they will be paid such premium only on full day holidays and only during those hours during which full-time firefighters ate earning similar holiday premium. Paee 13 021