University Holiday Schedule

2011-2012 Holiday Schedule
The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, will observe the following holidays during the period July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012:

1. July 4, 2011 Independence Day

2. September 5, 2011 Labor Day

3. November 24, 2011 Thanksgiving Day

4. November 25, 2011* Thanksgiving Holiday

5. December 23, 2011 Christmas Eve

6. December 26, 2011 Christmas Day

7. December 27, 2011 In lieu of Veteran’s Day

8. December 28, 2011 In lieu of employee’s birthday

9. December 29, 2011 Charged to annual leave**

10. December 30, 2011 Charged to annual leave**

11. January 2, 2012 New Year’s Day

11. January 16, 2012 Dr. Martin Luther King’s Birthday

12. March 23, 2012 Friday of Spring break, in lieu of George Washington’s/Daisy Gatson Bates’ Day

13. May 28, 2012 Memorial Day

*Declared by Governor
**Employees who do not wish to use annual leave on December 29 and December 30 may make up the time by working extra hours during the early part of December. Specific information will be provided to employees and departments before December, 2011.

Holidays declared by Governor’s Proclamation will be observed by departments not involved in patient care activities. Employees who care for patients and are scheduled to work on these proclaimed holidays will not receive time-and-a-half pay. However, they will be entitled to the extra holiday at times that are mutually acceptable to the employee and his/her supervisor.

When a holiday (except December 25) falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday is observed; when December 25 falls on a Saturday, the following Monday is observed. When a holiday (except December 24) falls on a Sunday, the following Monday is observed.

All regular salaried and non-student extra help employees are eligible to receive holiday pay provided they are in paid status the last scheduled work day before the holiday and the first scheduled work day after the holiday, in accordance with Arkansas Code Ann. §1-5-104.

Employees who work less than full-time may take the holiday at a rate proportionately equal to their time worked. For example, if an employee works half-time, a holiday would be granted equivalent to four (4) hours.

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