SB410 Alabama 2015 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Shay ShelnuttSenator

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.

Summary

SB410 would change which state holidays are paid in Alabama, making Confederate Memorial Day and Jefferson Davis' birthday unpaid unless the Governor designates them paid, allow up to two extra paid holidays if not designated, cap total paid holidays at 13, and set pay/leave rules for holiday work at eight hours per day.

What This Bill Does

It amends the rules so Confederate Memorial Day and Jefferson Davis' birthday are unpaid holidays unless the Governor designates them paid at the start of the year. If the Governor does not designate these two as paid, the Governor may designate up to two additional paid holidays during the year. The total number of paid state holidays in a calendar year is capped at 13. For employees who work on a state holiday, pay or compensatory leave is limited to the lesser of eight hours or the actual time worked, and a state holiday is defined as an eight-hour day. The bill also keeps Mardi Gras as a holiday in Mobile and Baldwin Counties and maintains a personal leave day for most state employees, with Baldwin and Mobile Counties exempt from the personal leave day.

Who It Affects

• State employees: their paid holiday total is limited to 13 per calendar year, and whether Confederate Memorial Day and Jefferson Davis' birthday are paid depends on Governor designation; those who work on holidays receive pay or compensatory leave up to eight hours.
• Employees in Baldwin and Mobile Counties: do not receive the annual personal leave day, and Mardi Gras is recognized as a holiday in those counties.

Key Provisions

• Confederate Memorial Day and Jefferson Davis' birthday are unpaid holidays unless the Governor designates them as paid at the beginning of each calendar year.
• If the Governor does not designate these two holidays as paid, the Governor may designate up to two additional paid holidays during the calendar year.
• There shall be no more than 13 paid state holidays in a calendar year for state employees.
• A state holiday is defined as an eight-hour day.
• For employees working on a state holiday, compensation or compensatory leave is limited to the lesser of eight hours or the time worked, with one hour of compensatory leave or pay per hour worked (up to eight hours).
• Mardi Gras shall be deemed a holiday in Mobile and Baldwin Counties, and state offices shall be closed in those counties on Mardi Gras.
• All state employees, except those in Baldwin and Mobile Counties, shall receive one personal leave day per year on January 1; these counties receive no personal leave day.
• The act becomes effective on the first day of the third month after its passage and approval by the Governor.

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Subjects

State Employees