Kansas Department of Administration

Bulletin 05-03 - Clarification of Holiday Issues

1.0 - SUBJECT: Clarification of issues regarding holidays for state employees.

2.0 - EFFECTIVE DATE: June 20, 2005

3.0 - DISTRIBUTION: State HR Directors

4.0 - FROM: Jack E. Rickerson, Director DATE: June 20, 2005

5.0 - PURPOSE: This Bulletin clarifies the policies and procedures of holiday pay for state employees. The provisions of this Bulletin apply to classified employees and those unclassified employees covered by Executive Order 04-13. This Bulletin is being issued to update and clarify Bulletin 04-04 as a result of amendments to the personnel regulations that became effective on June 5, 2005. Bulletin 04-04 is hereby revoked.

6.0 - BACKGROUND:

Bulletin 04-04 was issued in response to a number of questions regarding specific provisions of K.A.R. 1-9-2. This Bulletin updates subsection 7.10 and adds a new subsection (7.12) on the impact of separating from state service with respect to holiday credit in order to be consistent with the amendments to the personnel regulation which were effective on June 5, 2005.

7.0 - PROCEDURES:

7.1 - Holiday Terminology:

a) Holiday Credit: Holiday pay or holiday compensatory time for paid time off at a straight-time rate. The holiday credit is based on the employee’s work schedule for that day. For example, the holiday credit could be 4, 8, 9, 10, or 24 hours. Common SHARP earnings codes used for this are HDC (adds to gross) or HCC (adds to the holiday compensatory time balance).

b) Holiday Compensation: Either holiday pay or holiday compensatory time at a time-and-a-half rate for those hours worked on a holiday. Common SHARP earnings codes used for this are HDP (adds to gross) or HCP (adds to the holiday compensatory time balance).

c) Holiday Premium Compensation: Either holiday pay or holiday compensatory time at a half-time rate for those hours worked on a holiday that result in overtime. Common SHARP earnings codes used for this are HDV (adds to gross) or HCV (adds to the holiday compensatory time balance).

d) Holiday compensatory time earned as a result of any of the three terms defined in this subsection may only be used after it has been earned.

7.2 - Legal versus Officially Observed:

a) If an employee works on either the legal holiday or the officially observed holiday, but not both, the day on which the employee works is considered the holiday for the purpose of holiday compensation.

b) The officially observed holiday will still be the basis when determining the hours of holiday credit to be given. If an employee works on both the legal holiday and the officially observed holiday, the day in which the employee works the most hours is considered the holiday. If the employee works the same number of hours on both days, the employee will receive holiday compensation for the day which is most advantageous for the employee and will not receive holiday compensation for the other day worked.

c) If the Governor designates two consecutive days during the normal regular work week of Monday through Friday as a holiday (for example, Thanksgiving holiday, Thursday and Friday) an employee who is required to work on both days shall receive the appropriate holiday credit and holiday compensation in accordance with K.A.R. 1-9-2 for both days.

7.3 - Holiday Pay for Non-exempt Employee Working Full-time:

a) Holiday Credit is given.

b) The hours of holiday credit are equal to the number of hours the employee is regularly scheduled to work on that day.

c) If the holiday falls on a day the employee is not regularly scheduled to work, then the agency must determine the number of holiday credit hours the employee shall receive based on hours the employee regularly works (see 7.11 Holiday Credit – Non-standard Workweek).

d) If the employee works on the holiday, the employee shall also receive holiday compensation (unless the employee is in overtime status – see 7.13 Working Overtime on Holiday section).

7.4 - Holiday Pay for Non-exempt Employee Working Less Than Full-time on a Regular Schedule:

a) Holiday Credit is given if the holiday falls on a day the employee is regularly scheduled to work.

b) The hours of holiday credit are equal to the number of hours the employee is regularly scheduled to work on that day.

c) If the holiday falls on a day the employee is not regularly scheduled to work, the employee will not receive holiday credit.

d) If the employee works on the holiday, the employee shall also receive holiday compensation (unless the employee is in overtime status – see 7.13 Working Overtime on Holiday section).

7.5 - Holiday Pay for Non-exempt Employee Working Less Than Full-time on an Irregular Schedule:

a) Holiday Credit is not given.

b) If the employee works on the holiday, the employee shall receive holiday compensation (unless the employee is in overtime status – see 7.13 Working Overtime on Holiday section).

7.6 - Classified Temporary Employees:

a) Classified temporary employees do not receive holiday credit.

b) A classified temporary position as defined in K.A.R. 1-2-85 is a position which is limited to not more than 999 hours of employment in a 12-month period and which does not affect the position limitation of an agency. An employee in a temporary position is limited to a certain number of hours in a year and must reapply each successive year for continued employment.

c) All classified non-exempt employees, including classified temporary employees, receive holiday compensation for working on the holiday (unless the employee is in overtime status – see 7.13 Working Overtime on Holiday section).

7.7 - Holiday Pay for Exempt Employees:

a) Holiday Credit is given.

b) It is not a requirement to provide holiday compensation for an exempt employee who works on the holiday. If it is determined to provide holiday compensation in accordance with K.A.R. 1-9-2 (d)(2), the holiday compensation may be entered in any amount (Holiday Pay or Holiday Compensatory Time hours), depending on agency policy. Common SHARP earnings codes used for this are HDP or HDF (adds to gross) or HCP or HCF (adds to holiday compensatory time balance).

7.8 - Holiday Credit and Workers Compensation:

An employee who is receiving workers compensation wage replacement is entitled to Holiday Credit based on the hours the employee is regularly scheduled to work on that day, in accordance with the provisions of K.A.R. 1-9-2.

7.9 - Holiday Credit and Furloughs:

An employee who is being furloughed is entitled to Holiday Credit based on the hours the employee is regularly scheduled to work on that day, in accordance with the provisions of K.A.R. 1-9-2.

7.10 - Holiday Credit and Leave Without Pay:

Kansas Administrative Regulation 1-9-2(i) states, "An employee who is on leave without pay for any amount of time either on the last working day before a holiday or the first working day following a holiday shall not receive holiday credit, unless approved by the appointing authority.” The appointing authority has the ability to either approve or disallow holiday credit in leave without pay situations.

7.11 - Holiday Credit – Non-standard Workweek:

a) Kansas Administrative Regulation (K.A.R.) 1-9-2 states, “For each holiday, each full-time employee shall receive holiday credit equal to the number of hours regularly scheduled to work, subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) (2). ‘Holiday credit’ means pay or credit for paid time off at a straight-time rate…”

b) Subsection (b)(2) of K.A.R. 1-9-2 states, “Each full-time employee who works a nonstandard workweek shall receive the same number of holidays in a calendar year as employees whose regular work schedule is Monday through Friday….”

c) Examples (for full-time non-exempt employees):

The holiday is on Friday. The employee’s normal work schedule is 10 hours each day Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. The employee should receive 10 hours holiday credit on Friday.

The holiday is on Friday. The employee’s normal work schedule is 12 hours each day Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. On Friday’s, the
employee is regularly scheduled for 4 hours. The employee should receive
4 hours holiday credit on Friday.

The holiday is on Friday. The employee’s normal work schedule is 4 hours on Tuesday and 12 hours each day Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The employee should receive 12 hours holiday credit on Friday.

The holiday is on Wednesday. The employee’s work week is 07:01 am – 07:00 am, Sunday through Sunday. The employee is scheduled to work both Tuesday and Wednesday from 10 pm - 7 am, with a one hour unpaid lunch break, on both days.

If the employee is not in overtime status, the employee will receive 8 hours holiday credit on Wednesday and 8 hours of holiday compensation on Wednesday (for those hours worked from 10 pm Wednesday night through 7 am Thursday morning). The employee would receive regular compensation (non-holiday compensation) for those hours worked on Tuesday (10 pm Tuesday night through 7 am Wednesday morning).

d) It is acceptable for an agency to make a policy call to switch employees back to a standard 8 hour per day, 5 day per week, work schedule during the week of a holiday to avoid issues with varying hours of holiday credit. Notice to the employee must occur at least five days prior to the beginning of the workweek.

e) It is acceptable for an agency to make a policy call to rearrange an employee’s scheduled day off to avoid having to pay more than is normally paid to an employee during the week that contains a holiday in accordance with K.A.R. 1-5-24. For example, if the holiday is Monday and the employee normally works 10 hours Tuesday through Friday, the agency may schedule the employee’s day off for Tuesday. The result is the employee would receive 10 hours Holiday Credit on Monday and 30 hours of Regular pay for working 10 hours Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

7.12 - Holiday Credit – Separation from Service:

a) Kansas Administrative Regulation 1-9-2 (j) states, “Any employee whose last day

at work before separating from state service is the day before a regularly

scheduled holiday shall not receive holiday credit for the holiday.” The phrase

“regularly scheduled” was added to this subsection so that unscheduled holidays (such as the National Day of Mourning observed for the death of former President Reagan in 2004) do not penalize employees who had already made plans to separate from service before the unscheduled holiday was declared.

b) Examples:

The scheduled holiday is Friday, November 11th. The employee requested his termination be effective Saturday, November 12th because he thought he would be paid holiday credit for Friday. After consulting with his HR office, it is determined his last day of employment is Thursday, November 10th (either working or using leave). The effective date of the termination is Friday, November 11th. The employee does not receive holiday credit for the holiday on the 11th due to K.A.R. 1-9-2 (j).

In the preceding example, if the November 11th holiday had been an unscheduled holiday, the employee would receive holiday credit for that holiday and the effective date of the employee’s termination would change to November 12th. In these situations, please consult with KPERS to ensure that these date changes do not adversely affect an employee’s KPERS retirement benefits.

The scheduled holiday is Friday, November 11th. The Monday – Friday employee works or uses paid leave on Thursday, November 10th and also works or uses vacation leave on Monday, November 14th. The effective date of the employee’s termination would be Tuesday, November 15th. Since the employee was in pay status on November 10th and 14th, the employee would receive holiday credit for the November 11th holiday.

7.13 - Working Overtime on the Holiday:

a) When an employee is in overtime status for the entire holiday, the employee is compensated by recording overtime or compensatory time (not holiday compensatory time). Use SHARP earnings code OTP (Overtime) or CME (Compensatory Time Earned). The employee is not paid holiday compensation (such as HDP); however, the employee must be paid a holiday premium at the one-half time rate for those overtime hours worked on the holiday (such as HDV or HCV).

 

b) When an employee is in overtime status for part of the holiday, the employee is compensated by recording overtime or compensatory time for those hours worked over the FLSA threshold on the holiday. The employee is paid holiday compensation (such as HDP) for those hours worked prior to being in overtime status on the holiday. The employee must be paid a holiday premium at the one-half time rate only for those overtime hours worked on the holiday (such as HDV or HCV).

8.0 - REFERENCES:

• K.A.R. 1-9-2 Holidays

• Time and Leave Computer Based Training, Holiday Time Reporting Section:

• Earnings Code Spreadsheet

9.0 - CONTACT PERSON: Kraig Knowlton at kraig.knowlton@ks.gov or (785) 296-1082 or Danelle Harsin at danelle.harsin@ks.gov or (785) 296-4383.

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