1 V.S.A. § 371
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§ 371. Legal holidays
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(a) The following shall be legal holidays:
(1) New Year's Day, January 1;
(2) Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday, the third Monday in January;
(3) Presidents' Day, the third Monday in February;
(4) Town Meeting Day, the first Tuesday in March;
(5) Memorial Day, the last Monday in May;
(6) Juneteenth, June 19;
(7) Independence Day, July 4;
(8) Bennington Battle Day, August 16;
(9) Labor Day, the first Monday in September;
(10) Indigenous Peoples' Day, the second Monday in October;
(11) Veterans' Day, November 11;
(12) Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in November;
(13) Christmas Day, December 25.
(b) All State departments, agencies, and offices shall observe any legal holiday that falls on a Saturday on the preceding Friday and any legal holiday that falls on a Sunday on the following Monday; however, all other conditions of employment related to legal holidays, including decisions such as the closing or opening of State offices and compensation for work performed on such a day, shall be proper matters for collective bargaining pursuant to 3 V.S.A. § 904.
(c) The provisions of this section shall not affect any collective bargaining agreement in existence on the effective date hereof.
(1) New Year's Day, January 1;
(2) Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday, the third Monday in January;
(3) Presidents' Day, the third Monday in February;
(4) Town Meeting Day, the first Tuesday in March;
(5) Memorial Day, the last Monday in May;
(6) Juneteenth, June 19;
(7) Independence Day, July 4;
(8) Bennington Battle Day, August 16;
(9) Labor Day, the first Monday in September;
(10) Indigenous Peoples' Day, the second Monday in October;
(11) Veterans' Day, November 11;
(12) Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in November;
(13) Christmas Day, December 25.
(b) All State departments, agencies, and offices shall observe any legal holiday that falls on a Saturday on the preceding Friday and any legal holiday that falls on a Sunday on the following Monday; however, all other conditions of employment related to legal holidays, including decisions such as the closing or opening of State offices and compensation for work performed on such a day, shall be proper matters for collective bargaining pursuant to 3 V.S.A. § 904.
(c) The provisions of this section shall not affect any collective bargaining agreement in existence on the effective date hereof.
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