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1-5-103. State office closings by proclamation.
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1-5-103. State office closings by proclamation.
Nothing in §§ 1-5-101, 1-5-102, and 1-5-104 shall be construed as prohibiting the Governor from establishing by executive proclamation additional days when state offices shall be closed in observance of special events, or for other reasons at his or her discretion.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 1-5-103
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1-5-103. State office closings by proclamation.
Nothing in §§ 1-5-101, 1-5-102, and 1-5-104 shall be construed as prohibiting the Governor from establishing by executive proclamation additional days when state offices shall be closed in observance of special events, or for other reasons at his or her discretion.
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1-5-101. Official holidays.
(a) The following days are declared to be the sole official holidays applicable to state government in Arkansas:
(1) New Year's Day — January 1;
(2) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday — the third Monday in January;
(3) George Washington's Birthday and Daisy Gatson Bates Day — the third Monday in February;
(4) Memorial Day — the last Monday in May;
(5) Independence Day — July 4;
(6) Labor Day — the first Monday in September;
(7) Veterans Day — November 11;
(8) Thanksgiving Day — the fourth Thursday in November;
(9) Christmas Eve — December 24;
(10) Christmas Day — December 25; and
(11) An employee's birthday — an employee is granted one (1) holiday to observe his or her birthday.
(b) A holiday falling on a Saturday will be observed on the preceding Friday. A holiday falling on a Sunday will be observed on the succeeding Monday.
(c) It is the specific intent of the General Assembly that all state employees shall be entitled to eleven (11) paid holidays per year. The Office of Personnel Management shall promulgate rules and regulations to assure this legislative intent.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 1-5-101
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1-5-102. State offices to be closed on holidays — Exceptions.
(a) All state offices shall be closed on all days declared to be legal holidays under the laws of this state, and all persons employed thereby shall not be required to work on legal holidays. However, this section shall not apply to those state government offices wherever located and to those employees that are essential to the preservation and protection of the public peace, health, and safety, nor to the offices of the various constitutional officers who may use their own discretion in the matter of closing their offices on legal holidays.
(b) It is the specific intent of this section that all state offices be closed on all legal holidays even though one (1) or more legal holidays shall fall during a regular session, a fiscal session, or an extraordinary session of the General Assembly, provided that, with respect to state offices located in Pulaski County, those offices shall not be closed for any legal holiday during a regular session, a fiscal session, or an extraordinary session of the General Assembly unless they are permitted to close by resolution of the General Assembly, but those offices shall maintain only a minimum number of employees necessary to carry on the business of the offices.
(c) Any state employee who is required to work on a legal holiday, for any reason, shall be entitled to equivalent time off at a later date.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, state-supported institutions of higher education in this state may require the employees of the institutions to work on any of the holidays established in § 1-5-101, but if the employees are required to work on any day declared as a legal holiday, the employees shall be entitled to equivalent time off
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 1-5-102
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 1-5-102. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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1-5-104. Entitlement to paid holiday or equivalent time.
(a) To be eligible for holiday pay, the employee must be on pay status his or her last scheduled work day before the holiday and his or her first scheduled work day after the holiday.
(b) When a holiday falls while an employee is on annual or sick leave, that day is charged as a holiday and that day will not be charged against his or her annual or sick leave.
(c) When a holiday falls on an employee's regular scheduled day off, he or she will be given equivalent time off.
(d) The following provisions apply to employees who cannot take holidays as scheduled:
(1) Employees must work on holidays when the needs of the agency require it. Department or agency directors will determine the need;
(2) Days off for holidays worked may be taken at a time approved by the employee's supervisor. They are to be taken as soon as it is practical; and
(3) Supervisors are responsible for scheduling days off in lieu of holidays for their employees. Department heads and supervisors are responsible for informing their employees of the schedule and the observance of all provisions.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 1-5-104
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 1-5-104. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.