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where said holiday falls on the regularly scheduled work day of said part-
time employee.
c. All County employees in the classified service will be paid for the
following holidays, provided said holiday falls on the otherwise regularly
scheduled work day: New Year's Day, Washington's Birthday, Lincoln's
Birthday, Good Friday, Maryland Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Defender's
Day, Columbus Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas and
Memorial Day, or any day declared a holiday by the County Executive.
d. If a holiday falls on Saturday, no compensating day will be
allowed. If a holiday falls on Sunday, the following Monday shall be
considered a holiday.
e. Any employee ordered to report to work on a holiday by reason
of emergency will be paid his regular pay plus holiday pay provided his
normal work schedule does not include working on holidays.
f. Holiday pay will not be paid when an employee is on leave of
absence or when an employee is directed to report for work and fails to
do so.
g. Public Safety Employees shall be granted one additional day's
leave for each legal holiday allowed in the Merit System.
h. Effective January 1, 1971, If a holiday falls on a Saturday the
previous Friday shall be considered a holiday.
1.118—Hours of Work
A. Except where the nature of the work or the service requires
otherwise, all County departments and offices shall remain open for the
transaction of business from 8:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M., Monday through
Friday. Except where the nature of work or the service provided requires
otherwise, the work week shall be: (1) for all hourly employees forty
(40) hours per week exclusive of one-half hour allowed for a lunch period;
(2) the work week for members of the Howard County Police Department
shall be forty-five (45) hours per week; (3) the work week for all other
employees, thirty-five (35) hours per week exclusive of an hour period
per day for lunch.
1.119—Overtime and Compensatory Time
A. All hourly employees who work in excess of a normal forty (40)
hour week shall be compensated at a rate of time and one-half for all
hours in excess of forty (40). All classified employees not paid on an
hourly basis, except department heads and supervisors as defined in their
various job descriptions, shall be entitled to compensatory time for work
performed in excess of normal working hours in any normal work week.
B. Compensatory time shall be for the exact amount of hours worked
in excess of the normal working hours or in excess of the normal work week.
C. Compensatory time granted must be granted and taken within
ninety (90) days after it is earned.
Section 2. Be it further enacted by the County Council of Howard
County, Maryland, That this Act shall take effect sixty (60) days after its
enactment.
This Bill, having been approved by the Executive and returned to the
Council, stands enacted on May 11, 1970.
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