If any of the holidays listed above falls on a day other than Sunday and the employee is not regularly scheduled to work that day, or if an employee is required to work on a holiday, the employee shall be entitled to equivalent straight time off with pay. This equivalent straight time off earned is limited to 120 hours with any time earned in excess of 120 hours cashed out at the equivalent straight time rate. If an employee leaves County service with accrued hours, those hours will be cashed out.

Wellness Days

In addition to the paid holidays listed above, employees shall be entitled to sixteen (16) hours of time off as wellness days or days of reflection (floating holiday) each fiscal year. Employees may use the wellness time off on any day mutually agreed by the employee and their supervisor. Wellness days not used by the end of the fiscal year will be deemed forfeited and have no cash value.