TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — State workers are getting the day after Christmas off as a paid holiday.
For the fourth year in a row Gov. Rick Scott has directed state offices to be closed an extra day. The last two years state workers got Christmas Eve off. In 2011 state employees received Dec. 23 off since Christmas Eve fell on a weekend.
In a memo sent Friday to the head of the Department of Management Services, Scott said he was closing state offices on Dec. 26 "in recognition of the hard work" of state employees.
In the past state workers who perform essential functions still have to work. But state offices aren't open.
Former Gov. Charlie Crist granted state workers both Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve off with pay in 2008.
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