State of California

  M E M O R A N D U M

  REFERENCE CODE:
  2003-039

  DATE:
  September 30, 2003

  TO:
  Employee Relations Officers
  Personnel Officers

  FROM:
  Department of Personnel Administration
  Classification and Compensation Division

  SUBJECT:
  Official State Holidays for the 2004 Calendar Year - 
  Excluded Employees Only

  CONTACT:
  Clarice Pace, Analyst
  (916) 324-9381
  FAX: (916) 327-1886
  Email: ClaricePace@dpa.ca.gov


  This is to provide a list of the State holidays to be 
  observed by excluded employees during the 2004 Calendar 
  Year.  Employees shall be entitled to the following 
  holidays:
  
  Thursday, January 1, 2004        New Year's Day
  Monday, January 19, 2004         Martin Luther King Jr. Day
  Thursday, February 12, 2004      Lincoln's Birthday
  Monday, February 16, 2004        Washington's Birthday
  Wednesday, March 31, 2004        Cesar Chavez Day
  Monday, May 31, 2004             Memorial Day
  Monday, July 5, 2004             Independence Day (Observed)
  Monday, September 6, 2004        Labor Day
  Monday, October 11, 2004         Columbus Day
  Thursday, November 11, 2004      Veteran's Day
  Thursday, November 25, 2004      Thanksgiving Day
  Friday, November 26, 2004        Day after Thanksgiving
  Saturday, December 25, 2004      Christmas Day
  
  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 has questions regarding the 
  holidays or personal holiday, they may contact Clarice 
  Pace, Analyst, within the Personnel Services Branch, Policy 
  and Operations Division.
  
  
  
  
  Bob Painter, Chief
  Policy and Operations Division