The University recognizes seven days during the year as paid holidays for its regular, benefits eligible employees. Those holidays are New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, the day after Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day. Employees who are regularly scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week are eligible for holiday pay.
Holiday pay is the regular straight time rate for the number of hours in an average workday.
An employee must be in pay status on the day before the holiday and the day following the holiday to be eligible for holiday pay. When the regular holiday falls on Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be considered the University holiday. When the regular holiday falls on Sunday, the following Monday shall be the University holiday. If a University holiday occurs on an eligible employee's vacation day, it may either be counted as a holiday instead of a vacation day or added to the vacation period as an extra day of vacation. Biweekly employees who are eligible for paid holidays but who may be required to work on a University holiday, will be paid at one and one half times their regular rate.