Full-time employees are generally entitled to thirteen (13) paid holidays per year. A total of six (6) holidays are provided to part-time employees who are regularly scheduled to work 1,000 or more hours per year and are scheduled to work on the day of the week the holiday is celebrated. Employees in certain departments may be required to work on these holidays. Bargaining unit employees should consult the union contract for a list of paid holidays.

• Celebration of Christmas & New Year's for a total of five (5) days
• Martin Luther King Day
• Good Friday
• Easter Monday
• Memorial Day
• Independence Day (July 4th)
• Labor Day
• Thanksgiving Day
• Day after Thanksgiving

Each year, the University will announce the observance of holidays for the next twelve (12) month period. Of particular note are the Christmas and New Year's holidays. These five (5) days may be observed in various configurations to take into account optimal periods of time off and time worked, to maximize the enjoyment of the holidays for employees, and to maximize the effectiveness and efficiencies of work schedules and utility costs for the University's needs.

If a holiday falls on an employee's vacation or sick day, the day will not be charged to the employee's vacation or sick leave banks. In order to receive holiday pay, an employee must work his/her scheduled workdays before and after the holiday, unless such absence is occasioned by illness or accident, in which case, the day the employee returns to work he/she shall furnish the University with a certificate from a licensed physician stating that the specific absence and length of such absence was due to an illness or accident.