PTO

Gosh I am shocked at how many employers don't offer the 6 paid national holidays! My current employer pays 8 holidays though they are taken from the PTO bank. The PTO accrual is generous enough though to allow for plenty of time off beyond those holidays.

My previous employer paid seven holidays as they included Easter. Those days are just added to your check as "holiday pay" whether you worked that day or not, as long as you are classified as full time. The holiday pay was only given to part time if they actually worked the holiday and casual/per diem employees didn't qualify at all so there was no incentive for them to pick up the day or to work for somebody else that might have been looking for a replacement if they wanted to take that day off.