Collected Rules and Regulations

Personnel

Chapter 340: Employee Absences

340.040 Holidays

Bd. Min. 6-28-68; Amended Bd. Min. 11-19-71; Amended Bd. Min. 3-23-73; Amended Bd. Min. 9-20-74; Amended Bd. Min. 4-25-75; Amended Bd. Min. 9-9-77; Amended 9-7-79; Amended 11-13-81; Amended 7-30-82, effective 9-1-82; Bd. Min. 12-12-69; Amended Bd. Min. 11-13-81; Bd. Min. 7-15-86; Bd. Min. 1-25-90; Amended 9-26-97; Amended 7-19-02; Amended 10-23-09.

1. Observance of Holidays -- The following holidays are observed by regular administrative, service and support employees of the University.
   • New Year’s Day - January 1
   • Martin Luther King, Jr., Day - third Monday in January (effective January, 1992)
   • Memorial Day (last Monday in May)
   • Independence Day - July 4
   • Labor Day
   • Thanksgiving Day and the Friday following
   • Christmas Day - December 25
   1. Holidays are considered to extend over a 24-hour period.
      1. Premium pay for the holiday will be paid for all hours worked on the day of the officially recognized holiday. For University Health Care employees only:  If a holiday falls on a weekend, all regular employees who work in a department which operates Monday through Friday will observe a Saturday holiday on the preceding Friday and a Sunday holiday on the following Monday.  All regular employees who work in a department that operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week will observe the holiday on the actual date of the holiday.  In no instance may employees receive premium pay for both the weekend designated holiday and the actual holiday. 
   2. When a holiday falls on Sunday, the following Monday is observed as the holiday. When a holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday will be observed as the holiday.
   3. Employees working on a 75 percent - 99 percent full-time equivalence will receive holiday pay on a pro-rata basis.
2. President’s Authority -- The President may designate other holidays.
    
3. Special Religious Holidays -- The observance of special religious holidays may be permitted by the head of a department. In such cases, time off is charged to accumulated vacation leave, personal days, compensatory time or leave without pay.