(1) The following dates are paid holidays for eligible employees:
- (a) New Year's Day -- January 1;
- (b) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day -- third Monday of January;
- (c) Washington and Lincoln Day -- third Monday of February;
- (d) Memorial Day -- last Monday of May;
(e) Juneteenth -- observed as follows:
- (i) June 19 if that day is on a Monday;
- (ii) If June 19 is on a Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday, the holiday is observed on the immediately preceding Monday; or
- (iii) If June 19 is on a Saturday or Sunday, the holiday is observed on the immediately following Monday.
- (f) Independence Day -- July 4;
- (g) Pioneer Day -- July 24;
(h) Labor Day -- first Monday of September;
- (i) Columbus Day -- second Monday of October;
- (j) Veterans' Day -- November 11;
(k) Thanksgiving Day -- fourth Thursday of November;
- (l) Christmas Day -- December 25; and
- (m) any other day designated as a paid holiday by the Governor.
(2) If a holiday falls or is observed on a regularly scheduled day off, management shall grant an eligible employee equivalent time off or pay.
- (a) Except as described in Subsection (1)(e), if a holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday shall be observed as a holiday.
- (b) Except as described in Subsection (1)(e), if a holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be observed as a holiday.
- (3) If an employee is required to work on an observed holiday, management shall grant the employee appropriate holiday leave or pay.
- (4) Management may not grant holiday pay to a new hire before the employee is in a paid status.
- (5) Management may not grant holiday pay to a separating employee unless the employee is in a paid status on or after the holiday.
KEY: holidays, leave benefits, vacations
Date of Last Change: January 21, 2026
Notice of Continuation: March 9, 2022
Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 34-43-103; 39-3-1; 63G-1-301; 63A-17-106; 63A-17-504; 63A-17-505; 71A-8-102(3)