SB410 Alabama 2015 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Shay Shelnutt Senator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2015

Title

State employees, state holidays, Governor required to designate certain holidays under certain conditions, compensation for state holiday revised, Sec. 1-3-8 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, state employees receive compensation on designated state holidays and employees working on a state holiday receive compensatory leave or compensation in lieu of the holiday.

This bill would provide that Confederate Memorial Day and Jefferson Davis' birthday are unpaid holidays, unless the Governor declares these holidays to be paid holidays at the beginning of the calendar year.

This bill would provide that if the Governor does not designate Confederate Memorial Day and Jefferson Davis' birthday as paid holidays, he or she may designate up to two additional paid holidays during the calendar year.

This bill would limit the number of paid state holidays for state employees during a calendar year to 13.

This bill would also limit leave or compensation for those working on a state holiday to the lessor of eight hours or the time worked and would define a state holiday as an eight-hour day.

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Subjects

State Employees