Holidays and Holiday Pay

The following days are observed as holidays for Beaufort County employees:

New Year's Day

   January 1

Martin Luther King Day

   3rd Monday of January

President's Day

   3rd Monday of February

Good Friday

   Friday before Easter Sunday 

Memorial Day

   Last Monday of May

Independence Day

   July 4

Labor Day

   1st Monday of September

Veterans Day

   November 11

Thanksgiving Day

   4th Thursday of November

Friday after Thanksgiving

   4th Friday of November

Christmas Eve

   December 24

Christmas Day

   December 25

Personal Holiday 

   Day chosen by employee

1. In addition to the above, employees receive any other days off that are designated as holidays by the County Council.

2. Whenever a recognized holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday is observed as the holiday. Whenever a recognized holiday falls on a Sunday the succeeding Monday is observed as the holiday.

3. For employees who work twenty-four hour shifts, the following governs: When a holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the employees who work Saturday or Sunday receives holiday pay for the Saturday or Sunday and not for the Monday or Friday which the other county employees are off.

Holiday Pay:

a. Employees who are scheduled to work, but perform no work on a holiday, are paid a holiday allowance equal to their regular pay without overtime. Employees who are not scheduled to work on a holiday will not receive holiday pay.

b. Employees required to work on a holiday are paid as follows:

Regular employees, including law enforcement, EMS, and firefighters, receive holiday pay in the amount of one day's pay, and are paid at the regular rate for actual hours worked on the holiday.