Juneteenth Holiday Ordinance

ORDINANCE

By Jenkins

Amending Title 2, Chapter 20 of the Minneapolis Code of Ordinances relating to Administration: Personnel.

The City Council of the City of Minneapolis do ordain as follows:

Section 1. That Section 20.340 of the above-entitled ordinance be amended to read as follows:

20.340. – Holidays specified; pay required. All officers and permanent employees of the city under the jurisdiction of the city council shall be granted pay for any legal holiday established by statute when such day falls on any work day. "Legal holiday" includes New Year's Day, January 1; effective January 1, 1986, Martin Luther King's birthday, the third Monday in January; Washington's and Lincoln's birthdays, the third Monday in February; Memorial Day, the last Monday in May; Independence Day, July 4; Labor Day, the first Monday in September; Christopher Columbus day, the second Monday in October; effective January 1, 1986, Christopher Columbus day is not a holiday for employees represented by the Minneapolis Professional Employees Association; Veterans Day, November 11; Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in November; the Friday after Thanksgiving; and Christmas Day, December 25; provided, when New Year's Day, January 1; or Independence Day, July 4; or Veterans Day, November 11; or Christmas Day, December 25; falls on Sunday, the following day shall be a holiday; and provided when New Year's Day, January 1; or Independence Day, July 4; or Veterans Day, November 11; or Christmas Day, December 25; falls on Saturday, the preceding day shall be a holiday.

All officers and permanent employees of the city under the jurisdiction of the city council shall be granted pay for the following holidays when such day falls on any work day:

(1) New Year's Day, January 1;

(2) Martin Luther King's birthday, the third Monday in January;

(3) Washington's and Lincoln's birthdays, the third Monday in February;

(4) Memorial Day, the last Monday in May;

(5) Juneteenth, June 19 (effective June 1, 2021);

(6) Independence Day, July 4;

(7) Labor Day, the first Monday in September;

(8) Indigenous Peoples day, the second Monday in October;

(9) Veterans Day, November 11;

(10) Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in November;

(11) The Friday after Thanksgiving; and

(12) Christmas Day, December 25. When New Year's Day, January 1; or Juneteenth, June 19; or Independence Day, July 4; or Veterans Day, November 11; or Christmas Day, December 25; falls on Sunday, the following day shall be a holiday. When New Year's Day, January 1; or Juneteenth, June 19; or Independence Day, July 4; or Veterans Day, November 11; or Christmas Day, December 25; falls on Saturday, the preceding day shall be a holiday.

Section 2. That Section 20.350 of the above-entitled ordinance be amended to read as follows:

20.350. - Applicability to daily and hourly personnel. This article shall also apply to all such employees paid upon a daily or hourly basis who have been duly and regularly certified for permanent or temporary appointment prior to any such holiday and who would be required or permitted to work upon any such day if the same were not a public holiday, except as may be otherwise agreed to through collective bargaining agreements.

Section 3. That Section 20.360 of the above-entitled ordinance be amended to read as follows:

20.360. - Restrictions. Except as is provided in sections 20.370, 20.380 and 20.390, no employee shall be entitled to pay for any holiday unless:

(1) That employee has worked at least two (2) hours on the last working day immediately before and the next working day immediately after such holiday.

(2) That employee is on regular vacation, sick leave, budgetary leave, or furlough properly granted.

If the employee is entitled to pay for a holiday under the provisions hereof and is an employee entitled to overtime compensation in accordance with sections 20.260 and 20.280 of this Code, who is required to work on a holiday as defined herein, that employee shall receive additional compensation for such holiday work computed at one and one-half (1½) times the regular hourly rate; provided, that if the employee is required to work on New Year's Day, Independence Day or Christmas Day, or on the day before or after such holiday when it falls on a Saturday or Sunday, then the employee shall receive such additional compensation for such holiday work for that day; but in the event that the employee is required to work on both such days, the employee shall receive additional compensation for only one of such days.

Section 4. That Section 20.370 of the above-entitled ordinance be amended to read as follows:

20.370. - Compensatory time off for employees on shifts. In those divisions of departments under the jurisdiction of the city council where the nature of the employment is one in the interest of public safety, health, convenience or utility, and service is normally required to be carried out on a shift basis, in eight (8) hour shifts or split shifts, and on a forty (40) hour work week basis, except the police and fire departments, any officer or employee required to work on any such shift on any statutory holiday shall be entitled to an equal amount of time off at such time as the department head may approve.

Special law reference—Special act relating to authority to pay an employee for accumulated compensatory time off, Laws 1963, Ch. 826.

Section 5. That Section 20.380 of the above-entitled ordinance be amended to read as follows:

20.380. - Police officers. Each officer in the police department who is subject to call for duty whenever deemed necessary, shall be entitled to twelve (12) thirteen (13) days leave per year in lieu of holiday leave. These twelve (12) thirteen (13) days will be used as directed by the chief of police in the current year.

Section 6. That Section 20.390 of the above-entitled ordinance be amended to read as follows:

20.390. - Fire personnel. In those divisions of the fire department where employment is normally on a twenty-four-hour twenty-four (24) hour shift basis, the days off and workweek hours shall be as established by the labor agreement in force between the city and International Association of Firefighters Local 82, and the Minneapolis Association of Fire Chiefs, and shall be construed to include the equivalent leaves of absence with pay for all statutory holidays.

All employees in classifications covered by the labor agreement in force between the city and International Association of Firefighters Local 82, and the Minneapolis Association of Fire Chiefs, whose employment is normally on an eight-hour or ten-hour workday basis, shall be granted pay for the following holidays when such day falls on any work day: New Year's Day, January 1; Washington's and Lincoln's Birthdays, the third Monday in February; Memorial Day, the last Monday in May; Independence Day, July 4; Labor Day, the first Monday in September; Christopher Columbus Day, the second Monday in October; Veterans Day, November 11; Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in November; and Christmas Day, December 25; provided, when New Year's Day, January 1; or Independence Day, July 4; or Veterans Day, November 11; or Christmas Day, December 25; falls on Sunday, the following day shall be a holiday; and provided when New Year's Day, January 1; or Independence Day, July 4; or Veterans Day, November 11; or Christmas Day, December 25; falls on Saturday, the preceding day shall be a holiday.

(1) New Year's Day, January 1;

(2) Washington's and Lincoln's Birthdays, the third Monday in February;

(3) Memorial Day, the last Monday in May;

(4) Juneteenth, June 19;

(5) Independence Day, July 4;

(6) Labor Day, the first Monday in September;

(7) Indigenous Peoples Day, the second Monday in October;

(8) Veterans Day, November 11;

(9) Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in November; and

(10) Christmas Day, December 25. When New Year's Day, January 1; or Juneteenth, June 19; or Independence Day, July 4; or Veterans Day, November 11; or Christmas Day, December 25; falls on Sunday, the following day shall be a holiday. When New Year's Day, January 1; or Independence Day, July 4; or Veterans Day, November 11; or Christmas Day, December 25; falls on Saturday, the preceding day shall be a holiday.