Section 2.07.810. Holidays.

	(a)  The following days are observed as holidays for state employees who are in permanent, provisional or probationary status:  
		(1) the first of January, known as New Year's Day;  
		(2) the third Monday of January, known as Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday;  
		(3) the third Monday in February, known as President's Day;  
		(4) the last Monday in March, known as Seward's Day;  
		(5) the last Monday in May, known as Memorial Day;  
		(6) the Fourth of July, known as Independence Day;  
		(7) the first Monday in September, known as Labor Day;  
		(8) the 18th of October, known as Alaska Day;  
		(9) the 11th of November, known as Veterans' Day;  
		(10) the fourth Thursday in November, known as Thanksgiving Day;  
		(11) the 25th of December, known as Christmas Day;  
		(12) every day designated by public proclamation by the President of the United States as a national holiday or by the governor of the state as a legal holiday; an executive order limited to closing federal offices does not constitute a public proclamation of a national holiday.  
	(b)  If a holiday listed in (a) of this section falls on a Sunday, the following Monday shall be observed as a holiday.  
	(c)  If a holiday listed in (a) of this section falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be observed as a holiday.  
	(d)  All employees may be directed to work on a day designated to be observed as a holiday, except for New Year's Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. If an employee is directed to work on a day designated to be observed as a holiday, the employee's personal leave account shall be credited with an additional day of leave.  
	(e)  For purposes of this section, "observed" means a day off from work with pay.  

Authorities

39.25.070;39.25.140;39.25.150

Notes

Authority

AS 39.25.070 AS 39.25.140 AS 39.25.150 Editor's note: Even though the amendment of 2 AAC 07.810 was effective 7/22/2004, it was not published until Register 175, Oct. 2005.

History

Eff. 1/16/88, Register 109; am 2/28/90, Register 126; am 12/28/90, Register 126; am 7/22/2004, Register 175

References

2.07.810