Sample Policy - Holidays

Tennessee Code Annotated
Tennessee Attorney General Opinions

Reference Number: CTAS-1117

Sample Holiday Policy:

1. Holidays - On the following legal holidays, county offices will be closed and employees will be excused from work without charge to leave:

New Year’s Day	January 1st
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day-	3rd Monday in January
Presidents’ Day	3rd Monday in February
Good Friday	Friday before Easter
Memorial Day	Last Monday in May
Independence Day	July 4th
Labor Day	1st Monday in Sept.
Thanksgiving Day	4th Thursday in November
Christmas Day	December 25th

When a holiday falls on Saturday, the Friday prior to the holiday is substituted. When a holiday falls on Sunday, the Monday following the holiday is substituted.

2. Election days - County offices will be closed and employees excused from work without charge to leave on all days established by law for holding county, state or national elections throughout the state.

3. Special Pay Provisions - Every effort will be made to allow all employees off on each designated holiday and Election Day. If it is necessary for an employee to work on any of these days, the employee will be compensated at the employee’s regular rate of pay, and the employee will receive one and one-half hours of vacation time for each hour actually worked during the holiday.