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Commissioners decline to reinstate law enforcement holiday-pay exception in employee handbook
Summary
A motion to reinstate a prior handbook sentence allowing law enforcement employees to take another paid day within 180 days when a designated holiday falls on their day off failed for lack of a second; law enforcement representatives argued the rule is needed as an incentive amid short staffing.
Callahan County Commissioners considered a revision to the employee handbook at a Nov. 6 called meeting that would explicitly allow law enforcement employees to take another paid day off within 180 days if a designated holiday falls on their scheduled day off. The motion to reinstate the sentence failed for lack of a second, so the handbook stands as adopted at the prior meeting.
The presiding Judge introduced the paragraph under consideration, explaining that the proposed wording would add back a sentence previously in the handbook: "except law enforcement employees shall be allowed to take another day off with pay during the…
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