SMARCA Thanksgiving, Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day Holiday Pay
DATE: November 21, 2024
TO: All SMARCA Members & Contributors
FROM: John Quarnstrom and Casey Meinhardt
RE: Thanksgiving, Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day Holiday Pay
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Please note the following pay provisions for the 2024-2025 holiday season.
SHEET METAL - METRO AREA:
The following are unpaid holidays under the Metro Commercial, Architectural and Residential Sheet Metal Contracts:
- Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 28, 2024.
Any work performed on this day shall be paid at two (2) times the base taxable wage rate.
- Day after Thanksgiving, Friday, November 29, 2024.
Any work performed on this day shall be paid at two (2) times the base taxable wage rate.
- Christmas, Wednesday, December 25, 2024.
Any work performed on this day shall be paid at two (2) times the base taxable wage rate.
- New Year’s Day, Wednesday, January 1, 2025.
Any work performed on this day shall be paid at two (2) times the base taxable wage rate.
There is one exception: residential emergency service work performed under “agency contracts such as HomeSmart or Home Service Plus”, is to be paid at one and one-half (1½) times the base taxable wage rate for work performed on these holidays, or recognized holidays.
SHEET METAL – ST. CLOUD, DULUTH, IRON RANGE, BEMIDJI, WINONA, ROCHESTER, MANKATO AND NORTH DAKOTA:
The following are unpaid holidays under these agreements. Note the day after Thanksgiving is not a holiday in these areas.
- Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 28, 2024.
Any work performed on this day shall be paid at two (2) times the base taxable wage rate.
- Christmas, Wednesday, December 25, 2024.
Any work performed on this day shall be paid at two (2) times the base taxable wage rate.
- New Year’s Day, Wednesday, January 1, 2025.
Any work performed on this day shall be paid at two (2) times the base taxable wage rate.
There are service work exceptions as follows:
- Bemidji, Iron Range, Mankato, Winona, and Rochester-Austin-Albert Lea – “Service work” is to be paid at one and one-half (1½) times the base taxable wage rate.
- Brainerd, St. Cloud - “Service work” is to be paid at one and one-half (1½) times the base taxable wage rate and holiday premium applies to the actual day of the holiday and not the recognized day.
- Fargo and Bismarck/Minot – “Residential service work” on recognized holidays is to be paid at double time unless the employee exceeds forty (40) hours in the week; then, these employees should be paid at one and one-half (1½) times the hourly Total Taxable Pay rate for hours in excess of forty (40).
SHEET METAL – BRAINERD:
- Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 28, 2024.
Any work performed shall be paid at two (2) times the base taxable wage rate.
- Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day will be paid holidays for all sheet metal workers provided the employee is an employee of the Employer on the working day prior to and immediately following the Holiday (including those who are on vacation, sick or disabled, but not including those on Workers Compensation). Each qualifying employee shall receive eight (8) hours of pay at the employee’s base rate as defined by the Brainerd Area Labor Agreement.
SHEET METAL - SOUTH DAKOTA:
Thanksgiving, the day after Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day are all unpaid holidays. Any hours worked on these days must be paid at two (2) times the base taxable wage rate.
ROOFING CONTRACTS:
Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day are unpaid holidays under all roofing contracts, except Brainerd. Any work performed on these holidays must be paid at two times the base taxable wage rate.
BRAINERD ROOFING:
Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day will be paid holidays for all roofing employees that have worked for the Employer for 1,300 or more hours as a roofing employee under this Labor Agreement. Each roofing employee shall receive eight (8) hours of pay at the employee’s base taxable wage rate - provided that the employee is an employee of the Employer on the working day prior to and immediately following the paid holiday (including those who are on vacation, sick, or disabled, but not including those on Workers’ Compensation).
Please call the SMARCA office if you have any questions.
John Quarnstrom
cc: Sheet Metal Local 10 Funds Office, Roofers Local 96