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Holidays

Effective: Moved to Policy Library from UPM 3.5(6)
Contact: Employee/Labor Relations Office

Introduction

All faculty and staff, except employees paid on the XH pay base, are entitled to eleven paid holidays each calendar year consisting of nine scheduled university holidays and two personal holidays. Personal holidays are included in the employee's monthly vacation accrual.

Policy Statement

The nine scheduled holidays established in the official university calendar, as defined from Iowa Code Section 1C.1, include:

  1. New Year's Day (January 1)
  2. Martin Luther King Day (third Monday in January)
  3. Memorial Day (last Monday in May)
  4. Independence Day (July 4)
  5. Labor Day (first Monday in September)
  6. Thanksgiving Day (fourth Thursday in November)
  7. Friday after Thanksgiving Day
  8. Christmas Day (December 25)
  9. One additional day each year as determined by the university administration

When a holiday falls on a Saturday, the Friday preceding will be declared the holiday. When any holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday will be declared a holiday.

If an employee is on leave without pay for the work days preceding and following a holiday, the employee will not be paid for the holiday. If on leave without pay for only the working day preceding or following a holiday, the employee will be paid for the holiday. For employees covered by the AFSCME contract, "To be eligible for holiday pay, employees must be in pay status their last scheduled work day immediately before and their first scheduled work day immediately following each holiday." The Flexible Hours Program provides exception to these pay status requirements.

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