ARTICLE 14

Holidays

Section 1.      Hourly-rated employees who meet all of the following eligibility rules and conditions shall be paid for:

Section 2.      An employee shall receive eight (8) hours pay at his or her regular base hourly rate plus cost-of-living allowance exclusive of all premiums, bonuses or overtime allowances for each such holiday not worked provided he or she meets all of the following provisions:

(a)       The employee has at least 30 days of continuous service as of the day preceding the holiday, except in the case of recall from layoff.

(b)       The employee would otherwise have been scheduled to work on such day if it had not been observed as a holiday, and

(c)        The employee was not absent on both the day before and the day after the holiday, nor was the employee absent for more than five (5) days on either the day before or the day after the holiday unless the employee’s absence is excused for an emergent reason satisfactory to the Company.

Section 3.      An employee who would have been eligible for holiday pay under these provisions except that he or she failed to meet the rules and conditions set forth in Section 2 solely because he or she was required, as a member of the National Guard or as a reserve member of one of the United States Armed Forces, to be absent from work for the purpose of actual annual training duty or encampment for a period of not more than fifteen (15) days in a military fiscal year nevertheless shall be entitled to the holiday pay which he or she would have received had he or she been working on his or her regularly scheduled job during such absence.  The provisions of this Section shall also be applicable with respect to an employee who is required, as a member of the National Guard or as a reserve member of one of the United States Armed Forces, to be absent from work for temporary emergency duty for a period of not more than fifteen (15) days in a calendar year.

Section 4.      When a holiday falls on Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be observed as the holiday and shall be paid as such holiday.

            When a holiday falls on Sunday, the following Monday shall be observed as the holiday and shall be paid as such holiday.

Section 5.      When any of the above holidays falls within an eligible employee's scheduled vacation period, such holidays will not be considered to be vacation days.

Section 6.      The Company may, at its option, observe the holidays listed in this Article by not operating its plants, departments, or sections thereof or it may schedule such holidays as regular workdays.  An employee who is scheduled for work or who agreed to work on any holiday and who fails to report for and perform such work shall not receive pay for the holiday.  An employee who is scheduled to work on a holiday will receive forty-eight (48) hours advance notice thereof if possible; but if such notice is not possible, he or she shall receive as much notice as is possible.

Section 7.      Employees eligible for holiday pay under these provisions who are scheduled to work and who perform on any of the above-named holidays shall be paid in accordance with Section 2 above; and in addition, twice their regular base hourly wage rates plus cost-of-living allowance for all hours worked on such holiday.