Specifies that a state employee who works ten-hour days and forty hours per week cannot be required to take two hours of vacation leave for paid holidays

This bill, HB 2609, changes how state employees who work ten-hour shifts and forty hours per week handle paid holidays. Currently, these workers must take two hours of vacation leave for holidays, but the new rule allows them to choose between taking that leave or receiving pay for only an eight-hour workday instead. The change directly affects state employees with this specific schedule by giving them more flexibility in how they are compensated for holidays.