(1) The following holidays shall be paid holidays observed by all state branches and agencies:
(a) New Year’s Day.
(b) Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., third Monday in January.
(c) Memorial Day.
(d) Independence Day.
(e) Labor Day.
(f) Veterans’ Day, November 11.
(g) Thanksgiving Day.
(h) Friday after Thanksgiving.
(i) Christmas Day.
If any of these holidays falls on Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be observed as a holiday. If any of these holidays falls on Sunday, the following Monday shall be observed as a holiday.
(2) The Governor may declare, when appropriate, a state day of mourning in observance of the death of a person in recognition of service rendered to the state or nation.
(3) Each full-time employee is entitled to one personal holiday each year. Each part-time employee is entitled to a personal holiday each year which shall be calculated proportionately to the personal holiday allowed to a full-time employee. Such personal holiday shall be credited to eligible employees on July 1 of each year to be taken prior to June 30 of the following year. Members of the teaching and research faculty of the State University System and administrative and professional positions exempted under s. 110.205(2)(d) are not eligible for this benefit.
History.—s. 20, ch. 79-190; s. 1, ch. 80-331; s. 1, ch. 88-63; s. 16, ch. 92-279; s. 55, ch. 92-326; s. 8, ch. 94-113; s. 5, ch. 96-399; s. 7, ch. 2022-4.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title X - Public Officers, Employees, and Records
Chapter 110 - State Employment
Part I - General State Employment Provisions (Ss. 110.105-110.191)
110.105 - Employment policy of the state.
110.1055 - Rules and rulemaking authority.
110.1082 - Telephone voice mail systems and telephone menu options systems.
110.1091 - Employee assistance programs; public records exemption.
110.1099 - Education and training opportunities for state employees.
110.112 - Affirmative action; equal employment opportunity.
110.1127 - Employee background screening and investigations.
110.1128 - Selective service registration.
110.113 - Pay periods for state officers and employees; salary payments by direct deposit.
110.114 - Employee wage deductions.
110.115 - Employees of historical commissions; other state employment permitted.
110.116 - Personnel information system; payroll procedures.
110.1165 - Executive branch personnel errors; limitation of actions for compensation.
110.118 - Administrative leave for certain athletic competition.
110.119 - Administrative leave for military-service-connected disability.
110.120 - Administrative leave for disaster service volunteers.
110.122 - Terminal payment for accumulated sick leave.
110.1221 - Sexual harassment policy; executive agency rules.
110.1227 - Florida Employee Long-Term-Care Plan Act.
110.123 - State group insurance program.
110.12302 - Costing options for plan designs required for contract solicitation.
110.12304 - Independent benefits consultant.
110.12306 - Anti-fraud investigative units.
110.12312 - Open enrollment period for retirees.
110.12313 - Enrollment for eligible former employees.
110.12315 - Prescription drug program.
110.1238 - State group health insurance plans; refunds with respect to overcharges by providers.
110.1239 - State group health insurance program funding.
110.124 - Termination or transfer of employees aged 65 or older.
110.1245 - Savings sharing program; bonus payments; other awards.
110.125 - Administrative costs.
110.126 - Oaths, testimony, records; penalties.
110.129 - Services to political subdivisions.
110.131 - Other-personal-services employment.
110.1315 - Alternative retirement benefits; other-personal-services employees.
110.151 - State officers’ and employees’ child care services.
110.1522 - Model rule establishing family support personnel policies.
110.1523 - Adoption of model rule.
110.161 - State employees; pretax benefits program.
110.171 - State employee telework program.