Holidays

On this page:

• Holiday Observance
• Holiday Compensation
• Current Holiday Schedule

Holiday Observance

University employees are granted eleven paid holidays.

Holiday	Date
New Year's Day	January 1
Martin Luther King Day*	January (third Monday)
President's Day*	February (third Monday)
Memorial Day	May (last Monday)
Juneteenth	June 19
Independence Day	July 4
Labor Day	September (first Monday)
Columbus Day*	October (second Monday)
Veterans Day	November 11
Thanksgiving Day	November (fourth Thursday)
Christmas Day	December 25

A holiday falling on Saturday shall be observed on the preceding Friday; a holiday falling on Sunday shall be observed on the following Monday.

*The university is permitted to move the observance of three holidays, Martin Luther King Day, President's Day, and Columbus Day, to days other than those specified. If the observance date is moved, employees shall be notified in the University Holiday Schedule.
 

Holiday Compensation

• Regardless of their work shift or schedule, regularly scheduled staff are entitled to holiday pay. Holidays that fall during breaks for faculty are observed as time off. Part-time staff are entitled to holiday pay for those hours of the holiday during which they would normally have been scheduled to work. Full-time staff are entitled to holiday pay regardless of the day of the week on which the holiday is observed.
• If a holiday occurs during a period of paid sick leave or vacation, the employee shall draw holiday pay and shall not be charged for sick leave or vacation.
• Payment shall not be made for a holiday that occurs during a leave of absence. A leave of absence should neither start nor end on a holiday.
• An employee who is absent without approved leave on a workday immediately preceding a holiday can be denied holiday pay unless the absence is subsequently approved by the appointing authority.
• Hourly-paid staff who are required to work on a holiday shall receive compensation in addition to the holiday pay computed at one and one-half times the employee's total rate of pay. The employee can elect to receive monetary compensation or to take compensatory time off at the time-and-one-half rate within thirty days of the holiday.
   

Current Holiday Schedule