Holidays

Regular full-time employees who are scheduled to work, shall take each holiday off and receive full pay (8 hours of pay).

Regular full time and regular part time employees who work on a holiday shall receive hour for hour compensation (up to 8 hours) in addition to their regular pay.

Stark County will observe the following holidays:

  • New Year’s Day
  • Martin Luther King Day (M)
  • Presidents Day (M)
  • Good Friday
  • Memorial Day (M)
  • July 4th
  • Labor Day
  • Veteran’s Day (November 11)
  • Thanksgiving Day plus the Friday after
  • Christmas Day
  • County Offices will close at noon on December 24th, unless it is a holiday or weekend pursuant to NDCC 1-03-02.
  • Any other day appointed by the Governor of North Dakota as a public holiday, or by motion of the Board of County Commissioners.

Monday holidays are indicated by the (M).

When a holiday falls on a Saturday, the holiday will be observed the preceding Friday. When a holiday falls on a Sunday, the holiday will be observed on the following Monday.