1. (a) The following days are observed as holidays for state employees who are in permanent, provisional or probationary status:

   1. (1) the first of January, known as New Year's Day;
   2. (2) the third Monday of January, known as Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday;
   3. (3) the third Monday in February, known as President's Day;
   4. (4) the last Monday in March, known as Seward's Day;
   5. (5) the last Monday in May, known as Memorial Day;
   6. (6) the Fourth of July, known as Independence Day;
   7. (7) the first Monday in September, known as Labor Day;
   8. (8) the 18th of October, known as Alaska Day;
   9. (9) the 11th of November, known as Veterans' Day;
   10. (10) the fourth Thursday in November, known as Thanksgiving Day;
   11. (11) the 25th of December, known as Christmas Day;
   12. (12) every day designated by public proclamation by the President of the United States as a national holiday or by the governor of the state as a legal holiday; an executive order limited to closing federal offices does not constitute a public proclamation of a national holiday.
2. (b) If a holiday listed in (a) of this section falls on a Sunday, the following Monday shall be observed as a holiday.
3. (c) If a holiday listed in (a) of this section falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be observed as a holiday.
4. (d) All employees may be directed to work on a day designated to be observed as a holiday, except for New Year's Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. If an employee is directed to work on a day designated to be observed as a holiday, the employee's personal leave account shall be credited with an additional day of leave.
5. (e) For purposes of this section, "observed" means a day off from work with pay.

(Eff. 1/16/88, Register 109; am 2/28/90, Register 126; am 12/28/90, Register 126; am 7/22/2004, Register 175)