Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis State employees will receive three additional vacation days this month, he announced.
“In addition to Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, our state workers will have three additional days off — December 23, 24 and 31 — to spend more time with their families and loved ones this holiday season,” the governor announced in a post on his website. X.
State offices will be closed for those five days, according to a news release from the governor's office.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis holds a press conference to speak against the Fourth Amendment, which would limit government interference in abortion in Florida at Grove Bible Church in Winter Garden, Florida. (Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
“Florida is in great shape, and we want to reward our state employees,” DeSantis said, according to the news release. “After a full year — including three costly hurricanes — we hope these additional vacation days will allow state employees to spend more time with their families and loved ones this holiday season.”
Last month, “state employees were furloughed on November 27,” the day before Thanksgiving, Dan Barrow From Florida The administrative services department confirmed to Fox News Digital via email on Wednesday.
The department's website lists nine dates that state agencies “consider paid holidays” in 2024, including New Year's Day, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day and Thanksgiving. Today, the Friday after Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis delivers a victory speech after defeating Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rep. Charlie Crist during an election night watch party at the Tampa Convention Center on November 8, 2022 in Tampa, Florida. (Octavio Jones/Getty Images)
The website also notes that “full-time employees are entitled to one personal leave per year.”
Last year, DeSantis announced that state offices would be closed on Nov. 22, Dec. 26, Dec. 29 and Jan. 2, in addition to regular closures. During holidaysaccording to a November 2023 press release.
The Florida State flag flies during the game between the North Carolina Tar Heels and Miami Hurricanes on Saturday, October 8, 2022 at Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida. (Peter Gonnelet/Ikon Sportswire via Getty Images)
“Our state employees have worked tirelessly throughout the year to help and assist Florida families,” DeSantis said, according to the statement. “Over the past few months, they have faithfully responded to Hurricane Idalia and Operation Israel Rescue in Florida. Closing state offices these additional days will provide state employees some much-deserved time with their families and loved ones while enjoying the holiday season.”
