Fayetteville Policies and Procedures  409.2 

2015-2016 Holiday Schedule

The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, will observe the following holidays during the period July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016:

1.	July 3, 2015	Independence Day
2.	September 7, 2015	Labor Day
3.	November 26, 2015	Thanksgiving Day
4.	November 27, 2015*	Thanksgiving Holiday
5.	December 24, 2015	Christmas Eve
6.	December 25, 2015	Christmas Day
7.	December 28, 2015	In lieu of Veteran's Day
8.	December 29, 2015	In lieu of employee's birthday
9.	December 30, 2015	Charged to annual leave
10.	December 31, 2015	Charged to annual leave
11.	January 1, 2016	New Year’s Day
12.	January 18, 2016	Dr. Martin Luther King’s Birthday
13.	March 25, 2016	Friday of Spring break, in lieu of George Washington’s/Daisy Gatson Bates’ Day
14.	May 30, 2016	Memorial Day

*If approved by Governor

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.

Revised May 11, 2015
Reformatted for Web November 24, 2014
Revised November 18, 2014
Revised May 14, 2014