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8.7 Winter Holiday Closure <br />A. Mandatory Closure <br />City Hall and all other City departments (with the exception of the Police <br />Department, Santa Ana Zoo, and select employees in Fleet Services Division of the <br />Public Works Department) shall be closed for a mandatory winter holiday closure <br />each year during the term of this MOU. <br />Subject to consultation with the Union, the City Manager may exclude other <br />worksites, departments/agencies, positions, classifications, and/or individuals from <br />the mandatory closure. <br />B. Dates of Closures <br />City Hall will be closed on the days between December 24 (except for years when <br />December 24 falls on a Wednesday in which case City Hall will be closed starting <br />on December 25) and January 1 each year. An employee regularly assigned to <br />work on one or more days during this time period shall use accrued paid leave (as <br />set forth in paragraph C below) for their regularly scheduled hours for each day <br />they would otherwise have been scheduled to work. <br />During this time period, per Article 8.1 December 24 (except if it falls on <br />Wednesday in which case December 26 is the holiday), December 25 and January <br />1 (or the days these holidays are observed) are City Holidays. <br />C. Additional Days Off during a Closure <br />1. Employees will need to choose from the options in this subsection to cover any <br />additional regularly scheduled work days which are not City observed holidays. <br />2. Employees may use any of the following accrued leaves they have available to <br />cover any additional day(s) off which may be required by the closure: <br />• Vacation <br />• Compensatory Time Off <br />• Holiday <br />3. Employees are not permitted to use sick leave for a holiday closure day unless <br />they produce a physician's certification for each day reported as sick leave. <br />This additional certification is not required for employees with approved <br />advance sick leave usage due to FMLA/CFRA/PDL (or any other protected <br />leave). <br />2022-2025 MOU City of Santa Ana & SEIU Full -Time Employees Unit Page 43 <br />