Board adopts floating-holiday policy — six days per year for eligible employees

The board voted unanimously to adopt an updated personnel policy addendum establishing six floating holidays per calendar year for employees who would otherwise miss a standard holiday because it falls on a day they are not scheduled to work.

Under the approved language, floating holidays must be taken within 30 days of the holiday they replace. The change is intended to ensure fair compensation for staff whose regular schedules would otherwise cause them to lose paid time off when a holiday falls on a nonworkday.

Committee member (speaker 7) moved to adopt the updated personnel policy, the motion was seconded and passed 3-0. The administrator said one copy of the amended policy incorporating the holiday changes was placed in board folders for reference.