EMPLOYMENT  >> BENEFITS

HOLIDAY / LEAVE ACCRUAL

Paid Holidays
The following are paid holidays:

• New Year’s Day – January 1
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday – Third Monday in January
• Mardi Gras Day
• Good Friday – Friday preceding Easter Sunday
• Independence Day – July 4
• Labor Day – First Monday in September
• National Election Day – First Tuesday in November (every two years)
• Veteran’s Day – November 11
• Thanksgiving Day – Fourth Thursday in November
• Christmas Day – December 25
• General Election Day – every 2 years
• Inauguration Day – Every 4 years for employees who work in Baton Rouge

In addition, the Governor will typically declare three or four more holidays during the year.

Annual and Sick Leave
In addition to their regular days off, all permanent, probational, provisional or job-appointed employees earn annual and sick leave. Accumulated unused annual and sick leave is carried forward to the succeeding calendar year. The amount of leave earned is based on the number of years of state service and the number of hours worked as depicted in the following schedule:

Refer to the Civil Service Rules Chapter 11 – Hours of Work, Annual, Sick and Other Forms of Leave for more details.