Christmas Eve Timesheet Guidance 2024

Christmas Eve – December 24, 2024

State Holiday Timesheet Guidance for Employees

Employees should follow the guidance below based on the employee’s employment type. Questions should be directed to the Agency HR or Payroll Office.

State Regular Employees

  • State Regular Employees who have submitted their timesheet on or before Friday, Dec. 20 must open the timesheet, remove work or leave hours, save and resubmit to populate the new holiday for Dec. 24.
  • State Regular Employees who were scheduled to use leave on Dec. 24, will receive the holiday and not be charged their leave time. Employees who had a leave request approved in SPS Workday for Dec. 24, must submit a Time Off Correction, have the Time Off Correction approved, open the timesheet, make sure the Holiday is listed for that date and resubmit for approval. Correct Time Off is under Time and can be found under the Menu on the top left of the home page.

Prescheduled Holiday Employees

  • An additional holiday will be added for 2024 for those able to schedule a day before the end of 2024. For employees unable to use the additional holiday in 2024, the holiday will be added to the 2025 prescheduled hours balance.

Contractual Employees

  • Contractual Employees who were scheduled to work their regularly scheduled hours on Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024, should receive pay for the day. SPMS contractuals should complete their timesheet with regular work hours not to exceed their regularly scheduled day (as usual) AND place a note in the Comments field on the timesheet on the Tuesday, Dec. 24 row: Paid Time Off for Christmas Eve Holiday (Observed).
  • Contractual Employees who do not work on Tuesday, Dec. 24, because it is not part of their regular work schedule will not get the Christmas Eve holiday.
  • Contractual Employees who are scheduled to work AND REQUIRED to work on Dec. 24 will receive paid time off for another day. Agency Timekeepers will make this adjustment for employees.
  • Contractual Employees who have already submitted their timesheets and left for the holidays: upon return to work, the employee should make the change to Dec. 24 and resubmit the timesheet to be paid for their regular work hours for that day – not to exceed the regularly scheduled day (as usual) AND place a note in the Comments field on the timesheet on the Tuesday, Dec. 24 row: Paid Time Off for Christmas Eve Holiday (Observed).