{"id":31874,"date":"2015-11-25T20:44:41","date_gmt":"2015-11-25T20:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=31874"},"modified":"2015-11-25T20:50:55","modified_gmt":"2015-11-25T20:50:55","slug":"government-employees-off-on-friday-courtesy-governor-mapp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=31874","title":{"rendered":"Government Employees Off On Friday, Courtesy Governor Mapp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">ST. THOMAS &#8212; Governor Kenneth Mapp has granted administrative leave to non-essential employees for Friday, November 27<span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px; line-height: 18.1818px;\">,\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0a press release Government House issued late Wednesday has revealed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201c<span class=\"\">The holiday season is upon our territory and we all look forward to the gathering of family and friends on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26, 2015. I would like to extend that holiday and grant administrative leave on Friday, November 27, 2015 to all non-essential employees of the executive branch of government,\u201d Mr. Mapp said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\" lang=\"EN-CARRIBEAN\">According to the release, the leave granted shall not apply to essential employees and employees on a regular or rotating shift of the executive branch.\u00a0 Employees on annual or sick leave immediately preceding or immediately following the time period administrative leave is granted, will not receive administrative leave.\u00a0 Future leave will not be granted to employees who are considered essential and\/or whose shift happens to fall on a day in which other employees are granted administrative leave.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\" lang=\"EN-CARRIBEAN\">Commissioners and directors will determine the essential versus non-essential roles of employment of employees within their departments and agencies, respectively, it concluded.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ST. THOMAS &#8212; Governor Kenneth Mapp has granted administrative leave to non-essential employees for Friday, November 27,\u00a0\u00a0a press release Government House issued late Wednesday has revealed. \u201cThe holiday season is upon our territory and we all look forward to the gathering of family and friends on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26, 2015. I would like [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[191,147],"tags":[1055,3962],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Government Employees Off On Friday, Courtesy Governor Mapp - V.I. 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