006-6 Wyo. Code R. §§ 6-4 - Holiday Leave

(a) Permanent employees, probationary employees, at-will employees, except executive employees, at-will employees at the Governor's office, and at-will contract employees, shall receive holiday leave, according to the number of regularly scheduled work hours in the month:

(i) Temporary employees shall receive holiday leave, after six (6) months of continuous employment, according to the number of hours worked in the month;

(ii) Executive employees and at-will employees at the Governor's office shall follow the Executive Leave Policy;

(iii) Intermittent employees, emergency employees, interns, and at-will contract employees shall not receive holiday leave;

(iv) The formula for determining the holiday leave for 40 through 159 hours worked in the month is prorated as follows: hours worked in the month are multiplied by eight hours, this total is divided by 160;

(v) The following rates shall be used:

160 or more hours -	full 8 hours per month
40 through 159 hours -	Prorated according to formula
39 or less hours -	none

(b) Employees eligible to receive holiday leave and who are not required to work shall be granted paid leave not to exceed eight (8) hours per holiday from regularly scheduled work hours occurring on the following days:

(i) New Year's Day (January 1);

(ii) Martin Luther King, Jr. / Wyoming Equality Day (Third Monday in January);

(iii) President's Day (third Monday in February);

(iv) Memorial Day (Last Monday in May);

(v) Independence Day (July 4);

(vi) Labor Day (first Monday in September);

(vii) Veteran's Day (November 11);

(viii) Thanksgiving Day (fourth Thursday in November);

(ix) Christmas Day (December 25); and

(x) Upon declaration by the Governor, any date declared by the President of the United States as an occasion of national mourning, rejoicing, or observance of national emergency.

(c) Holidays that fall on employee's regularly scheduled day off:

(i) If a holiday falls on the first day of an employee's regularly scheduled time off period, the day before shall be granted paid leave from regularly scheduled work hours for that employee;

(ii) If a holiday falls on a subsequent day off, the day after shall be granted paid leave from regularly scheduled work hours for that employee;

(iii) If an employee is unable to take paid leave as indicated above in (i) or (ii) due to staff shortage and or scheduling conflicts, the employee may elect to receive the amount of time authorized in the form of pay to be paid at the employee's regular rate of pay.

(d) Employees on educational leave or leave without pay the day before or the day after a holiday shall not be entitled to paid holiday leave.

(e) Time elapsed while an employee is on any authorized paid leave, except educational leave, shall be considered hours worked for purposes of this section.

Notes

006-6 Wyo. Code R. §§ 6-4

Amended, Eff. 1/28/2015. Amended, Eff. 11/13/2019.