The following is a list of court holidays as stated in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-2221:

       •    New Year's Day (January 1)

       •    Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Third Monday in January)

       •    President's Day (Third Monday in February)

       •    Arbor Day (Last Friday in April)

       •    Memorial Day (Last Monday in May)

       •    Independence Day (July 4)

       •    Labor Day (First Monday in September)

       •    Columbus Day (Second Monday in October)

       •    Veterans Day (November 11)

       •    Thanksgiving Day (Fourth Thursday in November)

       •    Day After Thanksgiving (Friday following Thanksgiving)

       •    Christmas Day (December 25)

   If such holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday shall be a holiday. If such holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be a holiday. Other holidays declared by law or proclamation of the Governor are considered court holidays.

   Many courthouses will be closed on occasional local holidays as well as court holidays. When the courthouse is closed for local holidays, the court and probation office must remain open and adequately staffed for emergency services and to meet filing deadlines.

   Permanent part-time employees shall be eligible for paid holidays on a pro rata basis, if the holiday falls on a day the employee would normally have been scheduled to work, and the pay the employee receives shall be for the number of hours the employee would have been scheduled to work. Full-time employees shall receive holiday leave equal to one-fifth of their normally scheduled workweek for each paid holiday.

   Temporary employees, whether full time or part time, shall not be eligible for paid holidays, and, if required to work on a holiday, shall be paid for the time worked at their normal rate of pay.

   If a holiday occurs while an employee is on workers' compensation or other disability compensation, no credit for the holiday shall be allowed.

   In order to receive pay for an observed holiday, an employee must be in a paid status on the workday immediately preceding and immediately following the holiday.

   If an employee combines vacation leave with an observed holiday, no deduction from the vacation leave shall be made for that holiday. Likewise, if a holiday falls within a period of an approved sick leave, no deduction shall be made from the employee's accumulated sick leave.

Amended May 23, 2007; amended July 9, 2015; amended February 4, 2016.