Common use of Columbus Day Clause in Contracts

Columbus Day. Employees may, with management’s approval, work on the Columbus Day Holiday and bank the equivalent hours worked and receive equivalent time off at their regular rate on a later date. Employees who elect to work Columbus Day under this Floating Holiday provision may not receive one and one-half times their regular rate for the hours worked on Columbus Day (as outlined in the DLI Holiday Policy D(a)(i)). If, however, an employee is required by management to work Columbus Day, the employee will receive one and one-half times their regular rate. Subsection 1. Management must approve or deny the request to work on Columbus Day as a Floating Holiday in writing, using the DLI Floating Holiday form. Subsection 2. If management denies a request to work on Columbus Day as a Floating Holiday, there must be a stated business reason for doing so. Legitimate business reasons may include, but are not limited to: a) No productive work to be performed when the office is closed to the public. b) No adequate supervision if required for the type of work. c) The employee has documented performance issues. d) Overtime would likely be incurred due to the employee working the holiday. Subsection 3. Approval to take time off and use the banked holiday hours is subject to the agency’s approval procedures for taking other leave including Annual Leave, Compensatory Time, and Banked Holidays. Subsection 4. No offices will be open on statutorily required holidays (Mont. Code ▇▇▇. § 1-1-216 et al.) due to this Floating Holiday provision.