State of California

  M E M O R A N D U M

  REFERENCE CODE:
  2001-006

  DATE:
  January 25, 2001

  TO:
  Employee Relations Officers
  Personnel Officers

  FROM:
  Department of Personnel Administration
  Classification and Compensation Division

  SUBJECT:
  Official State Holidays for the 2001 Calendar Year - 
  Excluded Employees Only

  CONTACT:
  Clarice Pace, Personnel Management Technician
  (916) 324-0439, CALNET 454-0439
  FAX: (916) 327-1886
  Email: ClaricePace@dpa.ca.gov


  In the past, Department of Personnel Administration (DPA) 
  provided the official State holiday schedule for each 
  fiscal year.  Based on many requests, the official State 
  holiday schedule will now be issued on a calendar year.
  
  Employees shall be entitled to the following holidays 
  during the 2001 Calendar Year:
  
  Monday, January 1, 2001 - New Year's Day
  Monday, January 15, 2001 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
  Monday, February 12, 2001 - Lincoln's Birthday
  Monday, February 19, 2001 - Washington's Birthday
  Saturday, March 31, 2001 - Cesar Chavez Day*
  Monday, May 28, 2001 - Memorial Day
  Wednesday, July 4, 2001 - Independence Day
  Monday, September 3, 2001 - Labor Day
  Monday, October 8, 2001 - Columbus Day
  Monday, November 12, 2001 - Veteran's Day**
  Thursday, November 22, 2001 - Thanksgiving Day
  Friday, November 23, 2001 - Day after Thanksgiving
  Tuesday, December 25, 2001 - Christmas Day
  
  * The Saturday holiday provisions are contained in 
  Personnel Management Liaison memorandum 1998-023 and 2000-
  007, which provides clarification on how this holiday will 
  be administered.
  
  ** When a holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday 
  shall be deemed to be the holiday in lieu of the day 
  observed.
  
  
  In addition to these holidays, there is one personal holiday per 
  fiscal year for excluded employees.  To be eligible for a 
  personal holiday, an employee must either be:  (a) appointed to a 
  class that requires a probationary period; (b) appointed to an 
  exempt, nonseasonal position for more than six months; or (c) 
  appointed to a Career Executive Assignment for more than six 
  months.  Once eligible employees complete six months of their 
  initial probationary period or six months of service, they are 
  credited with a personal holiday for the current fiscal year.  
  The personal holiday for all other eligible employees will be 
  credited on the first day of July for each fiscal year.
  
  If personnel office staff have questions regarding the holidays 
  or personal holiday, they may contact Clarice Pace, Personnel 
  Management Technician, within the Personnel Services Branch, 
  Classification and Compensation Division, at DPA, shown above.
  
  
  
  
  Michael T. Navarro, Chief
  Classification and Compensation Division