Florida government gives extra PTO for state employees

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced that state employees will receive three additional days off this month.

“In addition to Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, our state employees will have three additional days off – December 23, 24 and 31 – to spend more time with their families and loved ones this holiday season,” the governor announced in a post. Will meet.” X.

State offices will be closed all five of those days, according to a press release from the Governor’s Office.

According to the press release, DeSantis said, “Florida is in good shape, and we want to reward our state employees.” “After a full year – including three costly hurricanes – we are hopeful that these additional days will allow state employees to spend more time with their families and loved ones this holiday season.”

Last month “state employees were furloughed for November 27,” the day before Thanksgiving, Dan Barrow of the Florida Department of Management Services confirmed to Fox News Digital via email on Wednesday.

The department’s website lists nine dates “observed as paid holidays by state agencies” in 2024, including New Year’s Day, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Day, including Thanksgiving. day, the Friday after Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day.

The site also notes, “Full-time employees are entitled to one personal leave each year.”

Last year, DeSantis announced that in addition to regular closures during the holidays, state offices would be closed on November 22, December 26, December 29 and January 2, according to a November 2023 press release.

“Our state employees have worked tirelessly throughout the year to assist and support Florida families,” DeSantis said, according to the release. “Over the past few months, they have selflessly responded to Hurricane Idalia and the State of Florida’s Israel rescue operation. These additional days with state offices closed will allow state employees to get some well-deserved time with their families and loved ones while enjoying the holiday season.