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RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE CITY OF JONESBORO EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK CONCERNING HOLIDAYS FOR NON-UNIFORM EMPLOYEES
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WHEREAS, the City of Jonesboro has adopted an Employee Handbook by resolution, and
WHEREAS, the City of Jonesboro's Employee Handbook establishes in Section 2, a list of 7 holidays which include:
New Year's Day
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Day
Employee's Birthday
which Non-Civil Service, full-time employees may take off with pay, and
WHEREAS, the Non-Civil Service, full-time employees of the City of Jonesboro have expressed a desire to exchange the Employee's Birthday with the Friday immediately following Thanksgiving as a holiday which eligible employees may take off with pay, and
WHEREAS, the Friday immediately following Thanksgiving will become one of the 7 holidays which eligible employees may take off with pay immediately upon adoption of this resolution, the provision eliminating the Employee's Birthday as a holiday will not take effect until January 1, 1998.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of Jonesboro that, Section 2 of the Employee Handbook shall list the following 7 holidays that eligible, full-time employees may take off with pay, as:
New Year's Day
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Thanksgiving Day
The Friday Immediately Following Thanksgiving
Christmas Day
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 22nd day of November, 1997.