Subject to certain regulations prescribed by the University, faculty members and staff are to be granted time off work without loss of compensation in order to observe the following seven University-designated holidays, plus one floating holiday:

• New Year’s Day
• Memorial Day
• Independence Day
• Labor Day
• Thanksgiving Day
• the day following Thanksgiving
• Christmas

University-designated holidays will be observed on the calendar day on which each falls except that holidays falling on Sunday will be observed on the following Monday and holidays falling on Saturday will be observed on the preceding Friday. Operating units that have seven day per week operations may observe Saturday and Sunday holidays on the day on which they fall rather than the preceding Friday or following Monday. (SPG 201.26-0) See also handbook section 16.D.2 “Season Days”

All regular faculty and staff are granted time off without loss of their regular compensation on the four working days that fall between the University-observed holidays of Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, subject to regulations prescribed by the University. Most University units and departments are closed during this time period; faculty should check with their unit administrators about unit procedures. Faculty who are required to or elect to work on one or more of their designated Season Day(s) will receive an equivalent amount of vacation time. To claim this additional vacation time, they should follow the same procedures they use when claiming the annual vacation allowance the University provides to them. They must use any vacation earned in this way before the next date on which the University renews their annual vacation allowance. (SPG 201.26-1. ) Also see handbook section 16.D.1 “Holidays”

Vacation allowance for faculty varies by track and appointment, with different rules for regular faculty holding University-year appointments, instructional faculty with twelve-month appointments, and research faculty, librarians, archivists, and curators. See Regents bylaw 5.15, SPG 201.64-1, and the LEO-GLAM collective bargaining agreements for details.

See Regents Bylaw 5.15 and SPG 201.64-1, and LEO-GLAM collective bargaining agreement.

It is the policy of the University to remain open at all times in order to maintain services to students, patients, and the public. However, in the event of emergency conditions due to severe weather, utility failures, or other circumstances, the University may order an emergency closing for certain non-critical service areas. Critical services basic to health care, safety, and daily sustenance have to remain open, and staff in these areas and in all other units that are not closed should make every reasonable effort to report to work. An emergency closing is declared by the president or designee and announced through the facilities of the University’s News Service. See SPG 201.27 for further details, including the University’s compensation policy in the event of an emergency closing.