Employee Leave and Holidays
Please click a heading below to learn about the various employee leave and holidays.
The City of Cartersville offers accruing annual leave for employees based on years of service:
| Annual Hours Worked | Beginning on Date of Hire |
Beginning with Sixth Year of Employment |
Beginning with Eleventh Year of Employment |
Beginning with Fifteenth Year of Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,080 | 80 Hours | 120 Hours | 160 Hours | 200 Hours |
| 2,223 | 94.05 Hours | 136.8 Hours | 179.55 Hours | 222.3 Hours |
| 2,912 | 123.2 Hours | 179.2 Hours | 235.2 Hours | 291.2 Hours |
The City of Cartersville observes the following holidays for employees, with the exception of law enforcement, fire presonnel, and other job positions as determined in the City's sole discretion:
| Holiday | 2024 Dates |
|---|---|
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New Years |
Monday, January 1 |
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
Monday, January 15 |
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Good Friday |
Friday, March 29 |
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Memorial Day |
Monday, May 27 |
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Independence Day |
Thursday, July 4 |
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Labor Day |
Monday, September 2 |
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Veterans Day |
Monday, November 11 |
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Thanksgiving |
Thursday, November 28 |
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Day After Thanksgiving |
Friday, November 29 |
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Christmas Eve |
Tuesday, December 24 |
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Christmas |
Wednesday, December 25 |
The City of Cartersville offers eligible regular full-time employees personal leave. During the first calendar year of employment, eligible employees who are hired between January 1 and July 1 will be awarded one (1) day of personal leave, which may not be used until the employee has completed their new hire probationary period (90 days, unless extended by the City). Eligible employees hired on or after July 2 will not be awarded personal leave during the first calendar year of hire. For each subsequent calendar year of employment, eligible employees are awarded one (1) day of personal leave on January 1.
The City of Cartersville offers sick leave for regular, full-time employees after they have completed their new hire probationary period (90 days, unless extended by the City). Eligible employees accrue sick leave at the rate of 0.0385 sick leave hours for each hour worked up to a maximum amount, as follows:
- Police officers: 1,111.5 sick leave hours
- Firefighters: 1,456 sick leave hours
- All other eligible employees: 1,040 sick leave hours
As an incentive to accumulate sick leave, reimbusement for a certain amount of unused sick leave will be paid each year, at the employee's base pay rate at time of payment, to those eligible employees employed on January 15, based on the amount of sick leave accumulated as of the prior December 31, according to the following schedule (1 day= 8 hours):
| Sick leave accumulated as of December 31 |
No sick Leave Used | Only One day of sick leave used |
|---|---|---|
| 24-47 Days | 1 Day's Pay | 1/2 Day's Pay |
| 48-71 Days | 2 Day's Pay | 1 Day's Pay |
| 72-89 Days | 3 Day's Pay | 2 Day's Pay |
| 90 or More Days | 5 Day's Pay | 3 Day's Pay |
