The following days are observed as holidays for Beaufort County employees:

1. In addition to the above, employees receive any other days off that are designated as holidays by the County Council.

2. For administrative employees, when a recognized holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday is
observed as the holiday. When a recognized holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday is observed
as the holiday.

3. For employees who work non-standard or "shift" hours, the following governs: When an actual holiday falls
on a Saturday or Sunday, the employees who work Saturday or Sunday receive holiday pay for the
Saturday or Sunday and not for the Monday or Friday which are designated as holidays for standard schedule County employees. Shift employees who do not work the actual holiday are not paid holiday pay.

4. Temporary employees are not eligible for holiday pay. 

Holiday Pay:

a. Standard-schedule employees, full-time and part-time, who are scheduled to work, but perform no work
on a County recognized holiday, are paid a holiday allowance equal to their regular pay without overtime.
Employees who are not scheduled to work on a holiday (due to being non-standard schedule employees
or those in an inactive status (FMLA, etc.)) will not receive holiday pay.

b. Employees required to work on a County recognized holiday are paid as follows: Regular employees
receive holiday pay in the amount of one day's pay and regular pay for hours actually worked. Shift or
nonstandard scheduled employees, including some law enforcement, EMS, and firefighters, receive
holiday pay and regular pay for hours worked on the actual holiday.

Under no circumstances will an employee receive holiday pay for both the County recognized and the
actual holiday.