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3 <br /> Orange County Personnel Ordinance Issue Date:August 5, 2011 <br /> -Pay at the employee's hourly rate for hours worked during an official <br /> closing in addition to regular pay is granted to FLSA non-exempt <br /> employees required to work when the offices are officially closed due to <br /> hazardous weather. <br /> *Employees of the Sheriff's Department and Emergency Management Services <br /> are not covered by this section and operate under the respective department's <br /> hazardous weather plan. <br /> 4.0 Holidays and Holiday Pay <br /> This policy covers the observance and payment of holidays. <br /> 4.1 Holidays <br /> Orange County grants 11 holidays each year as follows: <br /> New Year's Day <br /> Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday <br /> Easter Holiday <br /> Memorial Day <br /> Independence Day <br /> Labor Day <br /> Thanksgiving Day <br /> Day after Thanksgiving <br /> Christmas (3 days) <br /> 4.2 Holiday Schedule Amended <br /> 01/01/93 <br /> The holiday schedule is issued on a calendar year basis to each department head. <br /> Department heads post and advise employees of the holiday schedule. <br /> 4.3 Holiday Pay <br /> 4.3.1 The County provides Holiday Pay for Permanent employees, both Full <br /> Time and Part Time (regularly scheduled at least 20 hours each <br /> workweek). This includes an employee appointed to a permanent position <br /> serving a probationary period. <br /> 4.3.2 Temporary employees do not receive pay for a holiday not worked. <br /> 4.3.3 Holiday Pay is the equivalent of the straight time pay for the employee's <br /> regular daily work hours. <br /> Examples <br /> For an employee regularly Holiday Pay is the straight <br /> Article IV-Page 2 <br />