[Massplanners] Juneteenth Follow Up

[Joseph Laydon]

Hello Liz,

I am also on the MMHR Listserve and this may be a better question for your human resources dept to ask.  I had seen this general question pop up last hear by other HR professionals as everyone was asking how town were handling it.

For Littleton, here are my responses:


  1.  It was added to the existing slate of holidays.
  2.  We now have 12 paid holidays
  3.  Our Personnel Bylaws and Employee Handbook have a stipulation that if someone is not scheduled to work they can have a floating day to be used “during the same pay period, when possible, but not later than 30 days from the holiday” This applies to all holidays.
  4.  We do not have a limit on which or how many holidays can be floating.

Hope this helps

Joe

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Joseph Laydon
Town of Littleton
Assistant Town Administrator
37 Shattuck Street
Littleton, MA 01460
jlaydon at littletonma.org<mailto:jlaydon at littletonma.org>
978-540-2460



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Thank you everyone for your responses.



Unfortunately I need to ask further questions as there were a number of questions from the Personnel Board. Let me clear, no one is debating the validity of the holiday.  What is being debated is giving the employees another paid day off.

  1.  If Juneteenth has been accepted as a holiday, has it been added to the existing list of holidays or did it replace an existing holiday?
  2.  If accepted, what is now the total number of holidays observed each year in your community?
  3.  Is the holiday observed as a floating holiday? If so, are there stipulations as to a timeframe in which it must be taken (such as within 30 days)?
  4.  Is it considered a floating holiday with another holiday, in which you are allowed to take one or the other?  For example, you can take Patriots Day off, but not Juneteenth Day, or vice versa
Your assistance in answering these questions is very appreciated.

Liz Allard
Land Use Administrator/
Conservation Agent
Town of Harvard
13 Ayer Road
Harvard, MA 01451
978-456-4100 ext. 321
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Thank you all for the overwhelming, timely response. I was no help to Liz because I’m the guy who responds to a “See you Tuesday.” with a “Huh, what?”



Chris



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Christopher J. Ryan, AICP

Director of Community and Economic Development

Town of Harvard

13 Ayer Road

Harvard, MA  01451

Tel: 978.456.4100 x.323

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Hi all,



Asking this for our Conservation Agent:



This question was asked previously, however a search of the results only show 2 communities that have accepted Juneteenth Day as an observed holiday.



I am asking again for a response to this question as it is up for discussion at our personnel board meeting next week.



Thank you in advance for your responses.





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Christopher J. Ryan, AICP

Director of Community and Economic Development

Town of Harvard

13 Ayer Road

Harvard, MA  01451

Tel: 978.456.4100 x.323

Email: cryan at harvard-ma.gov<mailto:cryan at harvard-ma.gov>

Web: http://www.harvard-ma.gov<http://www.harvard-ma.gov/>



**Please note new email address and domain as of 9/1/21

email is now cryan at harvard-ma.gov<mailto:cryan at harvard-ma.gov>. Please change in your

contacts list.

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