Fayetteville Policies and Procedures  409.2 

2017-2018 Holiday Schedule

The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, will observe the following holidays during the period July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018:

1.	July 4, 2017	Independence Day
2.	September 4, 2017	Labor Day
3.	November 23, 2017	Thanksgiving Day
4.	November 24, 2017	Thanksgiving Holiday*
5.	December 22, 2017	Christmas Eve
6.	December 25, 2017	Christmas Day
7.	December 26, 2017	In lieu of Veteran's Day
8.	December 27, 2017	In lieu of employee's birthday
9.	December 28, 2017	Charged to annual leave
10.	December 29, 2017	Charged to annual leave
11.	January 1, 2018	New Year’s Day
12.	January 15, 2018	Dr. Martin Luther King’s Birthday
13.	March 23, 2018	Friday of Spring break, in lieu of Presidents' Day/Daisy Gatson Bates’ Day
14.	May 28, 2018	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 April 26, 2017
Revised March 23, 2016
Revised November 20, 2015
Revised May 11, 2015
Reformatted for Web November 24, 2014
Revised November 18, 2014
Revised May 14, 2014