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Compensation: Holiday Pay

Applies to: All full-time staff

Purpose: To provide time off during holidays

Policy Owner: Human Resources

Revision Dates: November 2021, June 2022

Last Reviewed: June 2022

Policy

Employees are provided time off for seven holidays per year and provided up to 14 days of Holiday Pay based on the calendar. If the holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the holiday is normally celebrated the day before or the day after at the discretion of the college, with the exception for the Christmas/New Year’s Break. Employees will be provided Christmas Eve thru New Year’s Day off as paid holidays.

Observed Holiday Schedule

  • New Year’s Day
  • Good Friday
  • Easter Monday
  • Memorial Day
  • Independence Day
  • Labor Day**
  • Thanksgiving Day/Day After Thanksgiving Day
  • Day Before Christmas Eve (possibly) ***
  • Christmas Eve thru New Year’s Day

See the current holiday schedule for specific dates.

Full-time employees are eligible for holiday pay when they work – or are on approved vacation, paid time off (PTO) or short-term disability leave – the day before or after a scheduled holiday.

Nonexempt (hourly) employees who are required to work on a regular holiday will be paid time-and-one-half for all hours worked on the holiday. They will also be paid for the holiday, for a combined total of 2.5 times their hourly rate of pay.

**Note: When classes begin on the Tuesday after Labor Day and employees are scheduled to work on Labor Day, the college may defer the Labor Day holiday to a specific day during the Christmas/New Year’s holiday season. 

***Note: Should the day before Christmas Eve be a business day, that day will be provided as an additional holiday.

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