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QUESTION: Would anyone be willing to share what their policy is for Holiday’s? How do they handle Holiday time off for DSP’s and Holiday pay? Our agency prorates holidays based on their positions status hours per week, not worked time but hired hours. We use the Provide system that auto pays holidays. Our employees must be employed a minimum of 30 days before holidays are applicable for pay. If an employee works on the holiday they will receive regular pay plus holiday, not time and half. Our employees report time on the Accel Trax System of Provide Software. Even if manual payroll this policy is still followed. Here is a copy of our prorate schedule. We pay straight time for holiday pay for DSP’s based on their set scheduled hours. Ex: 30 hr wk person, gets 6 hrs for Holiday, 40 hr/wk gets 8. If they are scheduled to work on that day, they must work or have permission to switch shifts with someone else then get paid the holiday as well. They are not allowed to take a benefit day if it is their scheduled day since they are getting paid for the holiday anyway. If they don’t work, they get the holiday pay. When it comes to DSP's asking off, we don't have a specific policy. We ask DSP's to work together with their managers in that if they take one holiday off, they work the next and so forth. We also ask that especially Christmas and Thanksgiving be one that if someone is off one year, they work it the next to give another employee a chance to be off. If it is agreed upon by all involved for an employee to have multiple holidays or years in a row off, then it is allowed. Here are our holiday guidelines. Additional Holiday time policy. This information is a compilation of suggestions, ideas, and opinions shared by INARF Members in response to the featured question. This information should not be considered official interpretation or guidance of State or Federal Policy. Additionally, statements within this document do not necessarily reflect an official position or opinion of INARF.