19853.1.
(a) Notwithstanding Section 19853, this section shall apply to state employees in State Bargaining Unit 5.(b) Except as provided in subdivision (c), all employees shall be entitled to all of the following holidays: January 1, the
(1) January 1.
(2) The third Monday in January, the
January.
(3) The third Monday in February, March 31, the February.
(4) March 31.
(5) The
last Monday in May, July 4, the
May.
(6) July 4.
(7) The first Monday in September, November 11, the September.
(8) November 11.
(9) The
day after Thanksgiving, December 25, and every Thanksgiving.
(10) December 25.
(11) Every
day appointed by the Governor of this state for a public fast, thanksgiving, or holiday.
If a day listed in this subdivision falls on a Sunday, the following Monday shall be deemed to be the holiday in lieu of the day observed. If November 11 falls upon a Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be deemed to be the holiday in lieu of the day observed. Any employee who may be required to work on any of the holidays included in this section and who does work on any of these holidays shall be entitled to be paid compensation or given compensating time off for that work in accordance with his or her classification’s assigned workweek group.
(c) If the provisions of subdivision (b) are in conflict with the provisions of a memorandum of understanding reached pursuant to Section 3517.5, the memorandum of understanding shall be controlling without further legislative action, except that if the
provisions of a memorandum of understanding require the expenditure of funds, the provisions shall not become effective unless approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.
(d) (1) Any employee who either is excluded from the definition of state employee in subdivision (c) of Section 3513, or is a nonelected officer or employee of the executive branch of government who is not a member of the civil service, is entitled to all of the following holidays, with pay, in addition to any official state holiday appointed by the Governor:
(1)
(A) January 1, the 1.
(B) The third Monday in January, the January.
(C) February 6.
(D) The
third Monday in February, March 31, the
February.
(E) March 31.
(F) The last Monday in May, July 4, the May.
(G) July 4.
(H) The
first Monday in September, November 11, Thanksgiving Day, the September.
(I) November 11.
(J) Thanksgiving Day.
(K) The day after Thanksgiving, and December 25.
Thanksgiving.
(L) December 25.
(2) When November 11 falls on a Saturday, employees shall be entitled to the preceding Friday as a holiday with pay.
(3) When a holiday, other than a personal holiday, falls on a Saturday, an employee shall, regardless of whether he or she works on the holiday, accrue only an additional eight hours of personal holiday credit per fiscal year for the holiday. The holiday credit shall be accrued on the actual date of the holiday and shall be used within the same fiscal year.
(4) When a holiday other than a personal holiday falls on Sunday, employees shall be entitled to the
following Monday as a holiday with pay.
(5) Employees who are required to work on a holiday shall be entitled to pay or compensating time off for this work in accordance with their classification’s assigned workweek group.
(6) Persons employed on less than a full-time basis shall receive holidays in accordance with the Department of Human Resources rules.
(e) Any employee, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 3513, may elect to use eight hours of vacation, annual leave, or compensating time off consistent with departmental operational needs and collective bargaining agreements for the fourth Friday in September, known as “Native American Day.”
(f) Any employee, as
defined in subdivision (c) of Section 3513, consistent with departmental operational needs and collective bargaining agreements, may elect to receive February 6, known as “Ronald Reagan Day,” as a holiday in lieu of receiving any other holiday included in this section.
(f)
(g) This section shall become effective with regard to the March 31 holiday only when the Department of Human Resources notifies the Legislature that the language contained in this section has been agreed to by all exclusive representatives, and the Department of Human Resources authorizes this holiday to be applied to employees designated as excluded from the Ralph C. Dills Act
(Chapter 10.3 (commencing with Section 3512), Division 4, Title 1), and the necessary statutes are amended to reflect this change.