1.0. PURPOSE

This policy describes the University's standard holiday schedule.

2.0 REFERENCES

2.1  PPM 3-2, Employee Definitions

2.2 Utah Board of Higher Education Policy R821

3.0  DEFINITION

FullTime Equivalency (FTE) - The number of total hours worked divided by the maximum number of compensable hours in a work year.  For example, the University defines the work year as 2,080 hours. An employee occupying a paid full-time job all year would be 1.0 FTE, and an employee working 1,040 hours would be .5 FTE.

4.0 POLICY

4.1 Full-time and part-time salaried employees shall observe the paid holidays listed below. Holiday pay will be prorated based on employee FTE. In addition, the employee may select one personal holiday with supervisor approval.

4.1.1  New Year's Day (January 1)

4.1.2  Martin Luther King Day (January)

4.1.3  President's Day (February)

4.1.4  Memorial Day (May)

4.1.5  Juneteenth National Freedom Day (June 19)

4.1.6  Independence Day (July 4)

4.1.7  Pioneer Day (July 24)

4.1.8  Labor Day (September)

4.1.9  Thanksgiving Holiday (Thursday and Friday)

4.1.10  Winter Holiday (December 24 and 25)

4.2 Holidays falling on Sunday will be observed the following Monday.  Holidays falling on Saturday will be observed the previous Friday.  Exceptions to this policy are:

4.2.1  When Christmas is on a Saturday or Sunday, then the previous Friday and the following Monday are holidays. When Christmas is on a Monday, then that Monday and Tuesday are holidays.

4.2.2.  When June 19 is a Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday, Juneteenth National Freedom Day will be observed on the immediately preceding Monday. When June 19 is a Saturday or Sunday, Juneteenth National Freedom Day will be observed on the immediately following Monday.

4.3  If a non-exempt employee is required to work on a scheduled holiday observed by other personnel, the employee shall receive compensation at double the hours worked for that day.  The double time is provided in lieu of the holiday.

4.4  Scheduled holidays falling during a vacation period will not be charged against vacation leave.

4.5  Employees whose days off are other than Saturday and Sunday will be allowed time off for holidays in a way as to be equitable to conditions affecting employees who work Monday through Friday.

4.6  Upon termination of employment, no payment will be made for holidays falling after the last day on the job. A person must return to work following the holiday in order to receive pay for the holiday.