Are the Days Between Boxing Day & New Year’s Considered Stat Holidays?
Every year about November, Staff Finders receives many calls about Christmas leave eligibility (the period betweeen Boxing Day and New Year’s) for Staff Finders employees. We can rarely give a definitive response about leave until the middle of December, because eligibility is based on two key criteria: whether your assignment is scheduled to complete before Christmas or after New Year’s, and whether your assignment is a “leave replacement” (the incumbent you are replacing will definitely be returning to their position). Departments choosing to compensate ineligible Staff Finders temporary employees for Christmas leave by offering employment through the period between Boxing Day / New Year’s Day where there is no operational requirement to do so, will be charged double time. This enables Staff Finders to recoup its costs for the resulting paid days in lieu that it must provide. Those departments who choose to give Staff Finders temporary employees paid time without requiring them to wo
