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
• Memorial Day
• Independence Day
• Labor Day
• Thanksgiving Day
• The Friday following Thanksgiving (if the Governor declares it a holiday)
• Christmas Eve
• Christmas Day
• President’s Day (observed during Spring Break)
• 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 paid day-off. When a holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday is observed as the paid day-off.

Separate from the above holiday schedule, the campus is closed between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day, for Winter Break. For each day during Winter Break that is not a designed holiday, you will be charged one day of annual leave.

If you are a part-time employee, you earn a portion of holiday time-off based on the hours you work. For example, if you work 4 hours a day, you’ll receive 4 hours of paid time-off for a holiday — say, for Memorial Day. 

If you’d like to take time-off for a religious holiday that is not part of the university’s holiday schedule, speak with your supervisor.