Independent will provide all full-time regular employees
with time off for the following holidays in 2027:
- New Year’s Day
- Memorial Day
- Juneteenth National
Independence Day
- Independence Day
- Labor Day
- Thanksgiving Day
- Christmas Eve
- Christmas
- New Year’s Eve
Holiday pay is paid at the employee’s normal rate of pay and
based on their normally scheduled work hours. For hourly employees, time off
for holiday does not count when determining overtime for that specific week,
nor is it to exceed 40 regular hours a week.
• Non-regular employees are not entitled to holiday pay
• Regular full-time employees on vacation or excused absence
will receive the holiday pay.
• Employees on unpaid leave are not entitled to holiday pay
• Salaried exempt employees are entitled to their normal
compensation without any deductions for holidays observed by the company
• There is no accrual for the holiday when used.
• Time off is to occur on the actual holiday. With prior
management approval, an employee may take the paid holiday on another day
within the pay period in which the holiday occurs.
• If there is a circumstance such as an ‘act of God’ (i.e.,
hurricane) impacting the office personnel’s absence within the month in which a
holiday occurs, the holiday may be used within another pay period of the month
if approved by the CEO.
Printing Operations - For the printing
operations only, if/when a regular full-time, non-exempt (hourly) employee is
scheduled by their manager to work on the holiday, the employee will be paid
time and a half for the hours worked.
• The maintenance-electrical technicians for the printing
companies are scheduled off for the holiday. However, due to emergency reasons,
these employees may be called in to repair equipment on a holiday. If they work
less than eight (8) hours, the technician may use the remaining balance as
holiday in the pay period in which the holiday occurs. The hours worked on the
holiday will be paid time and half. This applies only to this position.
• The manager will make payroll@iniusa.org
aware in advance of the scheduled full-time employees who are scheduled to work
on the holidays.
• When an employee from the printing operations works on a
holiday, the time worked is counted when determining overtime for the week.
• The employee who works on a holiday cannot use another day
within that pay period to use time off for the holiday. However, an employee
may use available vacation to take another day off within that pay period, provided
they request the time off in advance and receive approval.
When an employee leaves the employment of Independent, they
will not receive payout for the remaining holidays for the year.
