{"id":1020,"date":"2020-12-20T12:54:50","date_gmt":"2020-12-20T12:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vi.gov\/covid\/?p=1020"},"modified":"2020-12-21T14:34:51","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T14:34:51","slug":"governor-bryan-to-grant-administrative-leave-december-24th-and-on-december-31st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vi.gov\/covid\/news-post\/governor-bryan-to-grant-administrative-leave-december-24th-and-on-december-31st\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Bryan To Grant Administrative Leave December 24th and on December 31st"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS \u2014 Governor Albert Bryan Jr. announced this weekend that he is granting a full day\u2019s administrative leave to all non-essential government employees on Thursday, December 24th, and on Thursday, December 31st.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The governor\u2019s announcement is in accordance with a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/executive-order-providing-closing-executive-departments-agencies-federal-government-december-24-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">White House Executive Order<\/a>\u00a0excusing from duty employees of all executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government on December 24th.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u201cFederal offices in the territory will be closed on December 24th as a result of the President\u2019s executive order, so we are complying with that order locally,\u201d Governor Bryan said. \u201cThis holiday season and this year have been difficult and stressful for many Virgin Islands families. I think it is important for us to take a time-out with our friends and loved ones to reflect back on the trials we all faced in 2020 and to look ahead to the hopeful prospect of getting out from under the COVID-19 pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Agency heads should determine which government employees are considered essential or non-essential.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Under the Governor\u2019s order, all government offices will be closed to the public on Thursday, December 24th, 2020, and on Thursday, December 31st, 2020.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The Bryan\/Roach Administration continues to be committed to transparency, stabilizing the economy, restoring trust in government, and ensuring the disaster recovery is completed as quickly as possible.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">####<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS \u2014 Governor Albert Bryan Jr. announced this weekend that he is granting a full day\u2019s administrative leave to all non-essential government employees on Thursday, December 24th, and on Thursday, December 31st.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1032,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-post"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - 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