Holiday Calendar

Not Working

• If an employee’s work schedule is other than Monday through Friday, he/she will receive holiday pay for any holiday observed on his/her day off regardless of the day of the week on which it is observed.
• An employee will not be paid for the holiday if it occurs during a period when an employee is on leave without pay or in temporary layoff status.
• If a holiday occurs during a period of paid sick leave, the employee will be considered as having been off duty and will draw his/her normal pay, without being charged for sick leave.
• Only an employee who is in pay status on his/her normal day immediately preceding a holiday will be considered entitled to holiday pay.
• An employee who is absent without leave on the workday immediately preceding a holiday will be denied holiday pay.
• A part-time employee will receive holiday pay for that portion of a holiday that he/she would have been scheduled to work.

If Working

• When an employee who is eligible for overtime pay is required to work on a day observed as a holiday, the employee will be entitled to pay for such time worked at one and one-half (1 ½) time his/her total hourly rate of pay, in addition to his/her regular holiday pay.

Full- and part-time faculty members are salaried employees and do not receive additional pay for holidays.  Flight instructors who are paid an hourly rate receive pay for hours worked.

• If a holiday occurs during a period of paid or sick vacation leave, the employee will receive holiday pay and will not be charged for sick leave or vacation.
• An employee must be in active pay status for the entire scheduled workday immediately before the holiday to receive holiday pay.
• If a full-time employee is scheduled to work 10-hour days, and the holiday falls on their schedule workday, the employee will receive 10 hours of holiday pay.

Hourly Employees (not working)

• Full-time – Is automatically entitled to holiday pay
• Part-time – Is entitled to holiday pay for the number of hours for which they would have been scheduled to work
• Part-time temporary employees and intermittent employees are entitled to holiday pay for the number of hours they are normally scheduled to work.

Hourly Employees (required to work the holiday)

• If a full-time employee is required to work on a holiday, then he/she receives eight (8) hours of holiday pay plus time and one-half (1½) for actual hours worked.
• If a part-time employee is required to work on a holiday then he/she receives the normal hours worked as holiday pay, plus time and one-half (1½) for the actual hours worked.

Salaried Employees (not working)

• Employee will automatically receive holiday pay.

Salaried Employees (required to work)

• If a salaried employee is required to work on a holiday, then he/she may take comparable time off at a later date. This day must be mutually agreed upon by the employee and supervisor.
• Under no circumstance is a salaried employee allowed to receive additional pay for working on a holiday

Not working – not eligible for holiday pay

If Working

• Student Employees may be asked to work a holiday; however, it cannot be required of them.
• If a Student Employee does work a holiday, then they will be paid for the hours worked.  The unit/supervisor determines if the Student Employee will receive pay in addition to the hours worked.  If the unit/supervisor wishes to pay an additional one and one half (1 ½) for the hours worked the supervisor needs to work with the Payroll Department to achieve this.