Holiday Leave

The times you spend with loved ones eating a good meal, reflecting on the year or in celebration, are an important part of life. As a full-time university employee, you receive 12 paid holidays, including the following:

• New Year's Day
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
• The Friday of Spring Break
• Memorial Day
• Independence Day
• Labor Day
• Thanksgiving Day
• The Friday following Thanksgiving (if the Governor declares it a holiday)
• Christmas Eve Day
• Christmas Day
• Veteran’s Day (observed during winter break)
• Your birthday (observed during winter break).

When a holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday is observed as the holiday. When a holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday is observed as the holiday. If December 25 falls on a Saturday, the following Monday is observed as the holiday. If December 24 falls on a Sunday, the preceding Friday is observed as the holiday.

Separate from the above holiday schedule, the campus is closed between Christmas Eve Day and New Year’s Day, for winter break. Each day during winter break that is not a designed holiday will be considered as one day of annual leave.