State of California

   M E M O R A N D U M


                                                           DATE: April 21, 1995
   TO:          PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT LIAISONS       REFERENCE CODE: 95-022

             THIS MEMORANDUM SHOULD BE DISTRIBUTED TO:

                    Personnel Officers
                    Employee Relations Officers


   FROM:        Department of Personnel Administration
             Office of the Director


   SUBJECT:     Official State Holidays for the 1995-96 Fiscal Year - Excluded Employees
             Only


   CONTACT:     Clarice Baker
             (916) 324-0439, CALNET 454-0439
             OfficeVision:  DPA(CEBAKER)
             INTERNET:  CEBAKER@SMTP.DPA.CA.GOV



              This is to advise you of the State holidays to be observed by
              excluded employees during the 1995-96 Fiscal Year.  Employees shall
              be entitled to the following holidays:

                   Tuesday, July 4, 1995            Independence Day
                   Monday, September 4, 1995        Labor Day
                   Monday, October 9, 1995          Columbus Day
                   Friday, November 10, 1995        Veterans Holiday
                   Thursday, November 23, 1995      Thanksgiving Day
                   Friday, November 24, 1995        Day after Thanksgiving
                   Monday, December 25, 1995        Christmas Day
                   Monday, January 1, 1996          New Year's Day
                   Monday, January 15, 1996         Martin Luther King Jr. Day
                   Monday, February 12, 1996        Lincoln's Birthday Holiday
                   Monday, February 19, 1996        Washington's Birthday
                   Monday, May 27, 1996             Memorial 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 be appointed to a class which requires a
              probationary period.  Once an eligible employee completes six months
              of their initial probationary period, 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.

              Holiday provisions for represented employees covered by collective
              bargaining agreements are authorized in the appropriate Memorandum
              of Understanding.

              If your personnel office staff require additional information
              regarding State employee holidays, please contact Clarice Baker on
              (916) 324-0439, CALNET 454-0439.  Individual employee questions
              should be directed to the department's personnel office.





              David J. Tirapelle
              Director