Who is eligible for holiday pay and benefits?

Employees must be in an active pay status the scheduled workday before a holiday to receive holiday pay.

Hourly employees scheduled at least 1,600 hours who can accrue annual and sick leave are eligible for holiday pay. Part-time or seasonal employees who can’t accrue leave aren’t eligible.
Emergency, interim, and temporary full-time employees are eligible if they worked their scheduled period before the holiday.
Employees on unpaid leave (special, educational, parental, military, or Division of Claims Administration status) aren’t paid for holidays.
Educational leave with pay is coded as educational leave, not holiday pay.
Employees using the Sick Leave Bank are paid for the holiday as one of their approved days.
Employees starting special leave without pay the day after a holiday are paid for the holiday only if they worked the day before.
Retiring employees are paid for a holiday only if terminal leave extends at least 0.1 hour into the next workday after the holiday.
Terminating employees who leave before the holiday and receive a lump-sum payout aren’t eligible.
Employees transferring from a state college or university to a state agency after a holiday aren’t eligible unless the college or university paid the holiday.