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Fla. Stat. § 110.117 (2025)
Paid holidays.
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110.117 Paid holidays.—
(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.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1989–2012 · leading case: Cummins Alabama, Inc. v. Allbritten, 548 So. 2d 258 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989).
Cummins Alabama, Inc. v. Allbritten, 548 So. 2d 258 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989). “NOTES [1] Section 110.117, Florida Statutes, enacted in 1979, was not in effect at the time of the filing at issue in Flack .”
In re Amendments to the Florida Rules of Jud. Admin., 95 So. 3d 96 (Fla. 2012). ““Legal holiday” means (A) the day set aside by section 110.117, Florida Statutes, for observing New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King, Jr.”
O'Donnell's Corp. v. Ambroise, 858 So. 2d 1138 (Fla. 5th DCA 2003). “As used in these rules, legal holiday means those days designated in Section 110.117, F.S. Except as provided in Rule 28-106.”
— 110.117(1)(g) — 1 case
Cummins Alabama, Inc. v. Allbritten, 548 So. 2d 258 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989). “NOTES [1] Section 110.117, Florida Statutes, enacted in 1979, was not in effect at the time of the filing at issue in Flack .”
— 110.117(1)(i) — 1 case
Cummins Alabama, Inc. v. Allbritten, 548 So. 2d 258 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989). “NOTES [1] Section 110.117, Florida Statutes, enacted in 1979, was not in effect at the time of the filing at issue in Flack .”
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