Fayetteville Policies and Procedures  409.2 

2018-2019 Holiday Schedule

The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, will observe the following holidays during the period July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019:

1. July 4, 2018 Independence Day
2. September 3, 2018 Labor Day
3. November 22, 2018 Thanksgiving Day
4. November 23, 2018 Thanksgiving Holiday*
5. December 24, 2018 Christmas Eve
6. December 25, 2018 Christmas Day
7. December 26, 2018 In lieu of Veteran's Day
8. December 27, 2018 In lieu of employee's birthday
9. December 28, 2018 Charged to annual leave
10. December 31, 2018 Charged to annual leave
11. January 1, 2019 New Year’s Day
12. January 21, 2019 Dr. Martin Luther King’s Birthday
13. March 22, 2019 Friday of Spring break, in lieu of Presidents' Day/Daisy Gatson Bates’ Day
14. May 27, 2019 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 22, 2018
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