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Mass Legal Holidays

13 paid holidays per year for full-time President's Office employees.
Regular part-time employees are entitled to pro-rata holiday benefits.

* Under the provisions of Chapter 4, Section 7, Clause Eighteen, legal holidays that fall on a Saturday shall be observed on that day. All offices under the jurisdiction of any department of state government shall be open to the public for business on the Friday proceeding any Saturday holiday. However, as many employees as possible should be given that Friday off. Employees assigned to work shall be given an additional day off as the law and applicable collective bargaining agreements allow. Whenever possible, the following Monday shall be used as the alternative day off.

 **A legal holiday shall be observed on the day following when said holiday should occur on Sunday (Chapter 4, Section 7, Clause Eighteen).

 ***Non-unit employees who are assigned to work on a Suffolk County holiday shall be given an additional day off to be used within 120 days. Unit employees who are assigned to work on a Suffolk County holiday shall be given an additional day off to be used within 180 days.

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