DISCLAIMER ALL EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF BEAUFORT ARE EMPLOYED AT-WILL AND MAY QUIT OR BE TERMINATED AT ANY TIME AND FOR ANY REASON. NOTHING IN ANY OF THE CITY OF BEAUFORT‘S RULES, POLICIES, HANDBOOKS, PROCEDURES OR OTHER DOCUMENTS RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT CREATES ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT. NO PAST PRACTICES OR PROCEDURES , WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, FORM ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED AGREEMENT TO CONTINUE SUCH PRACTICES OR PROCEDURES. NO PROMISES OR ASSURANCES, WHETHER WRITTEN OR ORAL, WHICH ARE CONTRARY TO OR INCONSISTENT WITH THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN THIS PARAGRAPH CREATE ANY CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT UNLESS: 1) THE TERMS ARE PUT IN WRITING, 2) THE DOCUMENT IS LABELED “CONTRACT,” 3) THE DOCUMENT STATES THE DURATION OF EMPLOYMENT, AND 4) THE DOCUMENT IS SIGNED BY THE CITY MANAGER.

9 Holidays

The City observes the following holidays:

New Year’s Day January 1

Martin Luther King Day 3rd Monday in January

Memorial Day Last Monday in May

Independence Day July 4

Labor Day 1st Monday in September

Veterans Day November 11

Thanksgiving Day 4th Thursday in November

Day after Thanksgiving 4th Friday in November

Christmas Day December 25

And the day before or after Christmas as determined by the City Manager

When a holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be declared a holiday for City employees. When a holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday shall be declared a holiday for City employees.

A regular full-time employee who is required to work on an official holiday shall be credited with eight (8) hours of vacation time in lieu of time off. However, for overtime purposes, a non-exempt employee required to work on a holiday will have that time recorded as time worked.

All regular full-time employees working twenty-four (24) hour shifts shall be credited with (10.6) hours of vacation time on his record of leave, per holiday.