Section 9

The regular holidays with pay shall be as follows:

New Year's Day
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Lincoln's Birthday *
Washington's Birthday
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Columbus Day
Veterans' Day
Election Day
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Day
January 1st
Third Monday in January
February 12th
Third Monday in February
Last Monday in May
July 4th
First Monday in September
Second Monday in October
November 11th (or other date established by NYS Legislature)
First Tuesday following the First Monday in November
Fourth Thursday in November
December 25th

* See Section 9(c)
When a holiday falls on a Saturday, it shall be observed on the preceding Friday. When a holiday falls on a Sunday, it shall be observed on the following Monday. However, when an agency head deems it necessary to keep facilities open on both Monday and Friday, employees may be scheduled to take time off on either the Monday or Friday. When either the holiday, or the day designated for observance, occurs on an employee's scheduled day off and the employee does not work on such day, the employee shall be entitled to one compensatory day off in lieu of the holiday.
Effective January 1, 1997, an Employee shall be entitled to one floating holiday in each calendar year during which the employee is in active pay status with the Employer prior to Lincoln's Birthday of such calendar year, subject to the following conditions:
1. The floating holiday shall be taken at the employee's discretion, subject to the needs of the employing agency. Employees must request to use their floating holiday in writing at least 30 days in advance on a form supplied by the agency. Approval or disapproval of the request shall be made on the same form by a supervisor authorized to do so by the agency. Decisions shall be made within ten (10) working days of submission.
2. Employees wishing to use their floating holiday to observe Lincoln's Birthday shall file such requests prior to January 15. Approval shall not be unreasonably denied. For the purposes of this subsection, the day of observance for employees of Mayoral agencies assigned to Board of Education facilities shall be on the day set by the Board.
3. Once a floating holiday request has been approved, the approval may not be rescinded except in writing by the agency head, Executive Director of a Hospital or Chief of Personnel in the Police Department. If an employee is required to work on a floating holiday once the request for it has been approved, the employee shall receive a fifty percent (50%) cash premium for all regularly scheduled hours worked on the floating holiday and shall, in addition, receive compensatory time off at the employee's regular rate of pay.
4. The floating holiday must be used in the calendar year in which it is earned and may not be carried over to a succeeding year or cashed out upon separation of service. If the agency head calls upon an employee not to take the floating holiday by the end of the calendar year, the floating holiday shall be carried over to the following calendar year only.
5. For employees assigned to perform work at facilities which are normally closed on Lincoln's Birthday, such as, but not limited to, State Courts or Department of Sanitation garages, Lincoln's Birthday shall continue to be observed as an official holiday and the floating holiday provisions set forth in this subsection c, shall not apply.