Fayetteville Policies and Procedures  409.2 

2019-2020 Holiday Schedule

The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, will observe the following holidays during the period July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020:

1.	July 4, 2019	Independence Day
2.	September 2, 2019	Labor Day
3.	November 28, 2019	Thanksgiving Day
4.	November 29, 2019	Thanksgiving Holiday*
5.	December 24, 2019	Christmas Eve
6.	December 25, 2019	Christmas Day
7.	December 26, 2019	In lieu of Veteran's Day
8.	December 27, 2019	In lieu of employee's birthday
9.	December 30, 2019	Charged to annual leave
10.	December 31, 2019	Charged to annual leave
11.	January 1, 2020	New Year’s Day
12.	January 20, 2020	Dr. Martin Luther King’s Birthday
13.	March 27, 2020	Friday of Spring break, in lieu of Presidents' Day/Daisy Gatson Bates’ Day
14.	May 25, 2020	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 June 17, 2019
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