HR Policy #60-180

The University closes its offices and functions for regular business and activities in observance of the following holidays:

Independence Day

Labor Day

Thanksgiving Day

Friday following Thanksgiving Day

Christmas Eve Day

Christmas Day

New Year's Eve Day

New Year's Day

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday

Memorial Day

Six additional days scheduled during the Christmas Break each year

Presidential Election Day (every four years)

Eligibility for Holiday Pay

All regular full-time employees receive their regular pay for official holidays. Holiday pay does not apply to part-time, temporary, or student employees.

To be eligible for holiday pay, employees must be present for work OR in an approved paid leave status on the last regularly scheduled work day immediately preceding the holiday and the first scheduled work day immediately following the holiday. Holiday pay is a benefit of continuing employment. Employees shall not be paid holiday pay when in an unpaid leave status.

Should a holiday fall on an employee's regularly scheduled day off, equivalent time off will be granted at another time. Should a holiday occur while an employee is using vacation or medical leave, the holiday will not be charged as a day of vacation leave or medical leave.

2008-2009 Holiday Schedule