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Floating holiday leave credits may be used in such units of time as the

appointing authority may approve, but the appointing authority shall not

require that floating holiday leave credits be used in minimum units greater
than one-quarter hour. This provision shall not supercede any local

arrangements which provide for liquidation in smaller units of time.
(d) When December 25 and January 1 fall on Sundays and are observed

as State holidays on the following Mondays, employees whose work
schedule includes December 25 and/or January 1 shall observe the holiday

on those dates, or if required to work, may receive additional compensation
or compensatory time off in accordance with Section 7.16 of this

Agreement. In such event, for those employees, December 26 and January
2 will not be considered holidays.

§10.2 Holiday Accrual
(a) Compensatory time off in lieu of holidays earned after the effective

date of this Agreement shall be recorded in a separate leave category
known as Holiday Leave. Subject to the rules governing the granting of

annual leave, an employee shall be given the opportunity to exhaust such
time within one year of its accrual, or prior to separation from service,

whichever occurs first.
(b) Nothing in this section shall have the effect of increasing maximum

vacation accruals permitted by such rules.
§10.3 Additional Vacation Credit

The State agrees to grant employees having 15 or more years of
continuous State service and who are entitled to earn and accumulate

vacation credits, additional vacation credit as follows:

Completed Years of Additional
Continuous Service Vacation Credit

15 to 19 1 day

20 to 24 2 days
25 to 29 3 days

30 to 34 4 days
35 or more 5 days

An eligible employee shall receive additional vacation credit on the date

on which the employee would normally be credited with additional

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