2013-17 ORDINANCE NO. 2013-17
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 66,ARTICLE I, SECTION 66-13(A), OF
THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FAIRFAX,VIRGINIA, PERTAINING TO
HOLIDAYS AND LEAVE FOR CITY EMPLOYEES.
BE IT ORDAINED, by the City Council of the City of Fairfax, Virginia,that Chapter 66,
Article I, Section 66-13(a), of the Code of the City of Fairfax, Virginia, pertaining to holidays
and leave for City employees, is hereby amended as follows:
"Sec. 66-13. - Holidays and leave.
(a) Holidays. The following holidays shall be observed by the city:
New Year's Day: January 1.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: Third Monday in January.
George Washington's Day: Third Monday in February.
Memorial Day: Last Monday in May.
Independence Day: July 4.
Labor Day: First Monday in September.
Veterans Day: November 11
Thanksgiving Day: Fourth Thursday in November.
Day after Thanksgiving: Friday next following the fourth Thursday in November.
Christmas Eve: One-half day on December 24.
Christmas Day: December 25.
The city manager may substitute another day as a holiday in lieu of one of the days
listed above.
Holidays falling on a Saturday or Sunday shall typically be taken on a Friday or a
Monday, respectively.
All full-time employees shall receive eight hours of holiday pay for each holiday
except that those employees who work an average of 56 hours per week shall receive 11 hours
of pay for each holiday. At the discretion of the city manager, holiday pay may be suspended
for all employees, a group of employees, or for individual employees. Employees will be
notified of any suspension of holiday pay by the city manager. Hours paid for holidays shall
net be counted towards hours worked for the purpose of calculating overtime; however, in
calculatin, overtime for an work s eriod, credit for hours paid for holidays durin' such work
period shall be reduced for each hour or portion thereof, taken by an emplo ee as other
permitted leave under this section.
Employees scheduled to work on a holiday who take off on sick or annual leave shall
be charged with such leave and their pay shall be calculated accordingly.
Employees in regular part-time positions working ten hours or more each week shall
be paid for holidays in proportion to hours scheduled to be worked in the week in which a
holiday falls."
This ordinance shall become effective as provided by law.
INTRODUCED: July 9, 2013
PUBLIC HEARING: July 23, 2013
ENACTED: July 23, 2013
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Date
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Votes
Councilman DeMarco Aye
Councilman Drummond Aye
Councilman Greenfield Aye
Councilman Meyer Aye
Councilmember Schmidt Aye
Councilman Stombres Aye