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that time off in proportions to their service at full pay in such capacity during the year. 8.3 Employees must actually work at least one (1) day preceding the day a holiday listed in Section 8.1, supra, actually occurs in order to receive credit for such holidays during the month in which it occurs. An employee separating from the service of the City must actually work at least one (1) day following the day a holiday listed in Section 8.1, supra, actually occurs in order to receive compensation for the holiday. A newly appointed employee must complete six (6) months of continuous full-time service in order to receive credit for the one (1) Floating Holiday listed in Section 8.1. 8.4 Holiday time off may be taken in increments of eight (8) hours by employees who work eight (8) hour days. Employees assigned to the 4/10 work schedule must use their holiday in ten (10) hour increments. Employees assigned to a 9/80 work schedule must use their holidays in nine (9) hour increments. If a holiday falls on an employee's alternating regularly scheduled day off, the employee must then take their holiday off before or after the regular holiday as their holiday off with supervisor and/or Executive Director approval. Such holiday time is referred to as an "impact holiday." If the employee cannot take their holiday off before or after the regular scheduled holiday off, the employee will bank eight (8), nine (9), or ten (10) hours of holiday leave to be used at a later date with the supervisor's approval. 8.5 Holiday benefits may not be carried over from one (1) calendar year to the next, with the exception of floating holidays earned as set forth in Section 8.7(C)(5). 8.6 Mandatory Holiday Closure. A. Effective upon adoption of this MOU, City Hall and all other City departments (with the exception of the Police Department, Santa Ana Zoo, and select employees in Fleet Services Division) shall be closed for a mandatory winter holiday closure each year during the term of this MOU. B. Dates of Closure City Hall will be closed on the days between December 24 (except for years when December 24 falls on a Wednesday in which case City Hall will be closed starting on December 25) and January 1 each year. An employee regularly assigned to work on one or more days during this time period shall use accrued paid leave (as set SANTA ANA MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (SAMA) MOU: 2022-2025