# Mont. Code Ann. § 2-18-603: 2-18-603 Holidays -- observance when falling on employee's day off -- floating holiday > Montana · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T2_C18_P6_S2-18-603 ## Section - **Citation:** Mont. Code Ann. § 2-18-603 - **Heading:** 2-18-603 Holidays -- observance when falling on employee's day off -- floating holiday - **Jurisdiction:** Montana - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** MT Code / Title 2 / Chapter 18 / Part 6 / Section 2-18-603 ## Text 2-18-603 . Holidays -- observance when falling on employee's day off -- floating holiday. (1) (a) A full-time employee who is scheduled for a day off on a day that is observed as a legal holiday, except Sundays, is entitled to receive a day off with pay either on the day preceding the holiday or on another day following the holiday in the same pay period or as scheduled by the employee and the employee's supervisor, whichever allows a day off in addition to the employee's regularly scheduled days off, provided the employee is in a pay status on the employee's last regularly scheduled working day immediately before the holiday or on the employee's first regularly scheduled working day immediately after the holiday. (b) Part-time employees receive pay for the holiday on a prorated basis according to rules adopted by the department of administration or appropriate administrative officer under 2-18-604 . (c) A short-term worker or student intern may not receive holiday pay. (2) For purposes of this section, the term "employee" does not include nonteaching school district employees. (3) According to policies adopted by the department of administration: (a) each full-time employee of an agency specified in 2-18-101 (1) is entitled to one floating holiday each calendar year; (b) each part-time employee of an agency specified in 2-18-101 (1) is entitled to one floating holiday each calendar year that must be calculated proportionately to the floating holiday allowed to a full-time employee; (c) unused floating holiday leave expires at the end of each calendar year, does not accrue, and is not paid out to employees on termination of employment; and (d) a short-term worker or student intern may not receive a floating holiday. (4) According to policies adopted by the legislative branch: (a) each full-time employee of an entity of the legislative branch consolidated, as provided in 5-2-504 , is entitled to one floating holiday each calendar year; (b) each part-time employee of an entity of the legislative branch consolidated, as provided in 5-2-504 , is entitled to one floating holiday each calendar year that must be calculated proportionately to the floating holiday allowed to a full-time employee; (c) unused floating holiday leave expires at the end of each calendar year, does not accrue, and is not paid out to employees on termination of employment; and (d) a short-term worker or student intern may not receive a floating holiday. ## Nearby sections - [Mont. Code Ann. § 2-18-601 2-18-601 Definitions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T2_C18_P6_S2-18-601.md) - [Mont. 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