Florida Statute 110.117 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Chapter 110
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F.S. 110.117

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.

(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.

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Total Results: 5

Cummins Alabama, Inc. v. Allbritten

548 So. 2d 258, 1989 WL 81236

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 21, 1989 | Docket: 1699059

Cited 6 times | Published

offices. These provisions are consistent with section 110.117(1)(g), Florida Statutes (1987), which defines

O'Donnell's Corp. v. Ambroise

858 So. 2d 1138, 2003 Fla. App. LEXIS 16945, 2003 WL 22513826

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 7, 2003 | Docket: 460739

Cited 4 times | Published

legal holiday means those days designated in Section 110.117, F.S. Except as provided in Rule 28-106.217

In re Amendments to the Florida Rules of Judicial Administration

95 So. 3d 96, 37 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 487, 2012 WL 2848890, 2012 Fla. LEXIS 2678

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jul 12, 2012 | Docket: 60311352

Cited 1 times | Published

“Legal holiday” means (A) the day set aside by section 110.117, Florida Statutes, for observing New Year’s

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Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Apr 27, 1994 | Docket: 3257272

Published

Inc., supra at p. 261, are consistent with section 110.117(1)(g), Florida Statutes, providing "paid holidays"

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Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Jul 14, 1980 | Docket: 3256174

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schedule prescribed in s. 110.117(1), F. S. Section 110.117(1) prescribes those holidays which `shall be