floating holiday
noun
US
: a paid day off from work that is granted by an employer in addition to the paid holidays observed during a calendar year and that is taken on a day chosen by the employee
called also floater
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web YKK America – Employees can use floating holiday or take PTO. 
Michael E. Kanell, ajc, 17 June 2022 The new agreement also adds Juneteenth (June 19) as a floating holiday for employees with a 40-hour work schedule. San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2022 Mayor Lynn Stoner noted that last year city employees were granted a floating holiday, which could be used for, say a Jewish holiday, and by not creating an across-the-board day off, the city could remain open. Nick Sortal, sun-sentinel.com, 17 Nov. 2021 This week’s legislation to create the first federal holiday in nearly four decades came together quickly, prompting companies to make decisions about whether to give time now—or later—or offer a floating holiday or no time off. Patrick Thomas, WSJ, 18 June 2021 In 2020, June 19 became a floating holiday for Milwaukee County employees to honor and celebrate Black life and attend Juneteenth Day celebrations throughout Milwaukee. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 June 2021 Councilman Schron on Tuesday offered an alternative plan to turn the Friday after Thanksgiving from a work holiday into the county’s only floating holiday and to only allow county employees to work the polls for general elections. Robin Goist, cleveland, 25 May 2021 Last year, the board voted 4-3 for the floating holiday. Rochelle Olson, Star Tribune, 11 May 2021 The move comes after County Executive David Crowley declared June 19, 2020, a floating holiday for government employees by executive order last week. Mary Spicuzza, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 June 2020 See More
Michael E. Kanell, ajc, 17 June 2022 The new agreement also adds Juneteenth (June 19) as a floating holiday for employees with a 40-hour work schedule. San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2022 Mayor Lynn Stoner noted that last year city employees were granted a floating holiday, which could be used for, say a Jewish holiday, and by not creating an across-the-board day off, the city could remain open. Nick Sortal, sun-sentinel.com, 17 Nov. 2021 This week’s legislation to create the first federal holiday in nearly four decades came together quickly, prompting companies to make decisions about whether to give time now—or later—or offer a floating holiday or no time off. Patrick Thomas, WSJ, 18 June 2021 In 2020, June 19 became a floating holiday for Milwaukee County employees to honor and celebrate Black life and attend Juneteenth Day celebrations throughout Milwaukee. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 June 2021 Councilman Schron on Tuesday offered an alternative plan to turn the Friday after Thanksgiving from a work holiday into the county’s only floating holiday and to only allow county employees to work the polls for general elections. Robin Goist, cleveland, 25 May 2021 Last year, the board voted 4-3 for the floating holiday. Rochelle Olson, Star Tribune, 11 May 2021 The move comes after County Executive David Crowley declared June 19, 2020, a floating holiday for government employees by executive order last week. Mary Spicuzza, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 June 2020 See More Word History
First Known Use
1952, in the meaning defined above