Christmas bonus and leave for public employees

By THE STAR STAFF

Public servants will receive their Christmas bonus this Wednesday, November 26, in addition to being granted days off during the November and December holidays, Governor Jenniffer González Colón announced.

This Wednesday, November 26, in addition to receiving their Christmas bonus, public employees will have the day off, charged to their vacation time. They will also have Friday, November 28, off, not charged to their vacation time. Thanks to Governor González Colón’s decision to grant both Wednesday the 26th and Friday the 28th off, public employees will have three consecutive days to spend with their families.

The governor has also granted Wednesday, December 24, Christmas Eve, as a day off charged to vacation time; Thursday, December 25, Christmas Day, is a holiday; and Friday, December 26, will be a day off without vacation time. Thus, in December, by order of the governor, public employees will have three consecutive days to be with their loved ones during the most important family time of the year. For New Year’s Eve, Wednesday, December 31, the governor has determined that public employees will work until noon, and the remainder of that day will be off without vacation time, followed by Thursday, January 1, which is a holiday.

Public employees will receive a $600.00 Christmas bonus, as stipulated by law.

The governor was awaiting approval from the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico (FOMB) of the request made by the Office of Management and Budget (OGP) for the redistribution of a total of $50,407,418 in state funds for the payment of the Christmas bonus, so that, as in the previous year, employees could receive it before Thanksgiving.