Fayetteville Policies and Procedures  409.2 

2021-2022 Holiday Schedule

The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, will observe the following holidays during the period July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022:

1.	July 5, 2021	Independence Day (observed)
2.	September 6, 2021	Labor Day
3.	November 25, 2021	Thanksgiving Day
4.	November 26, 2021	Thanksgiving Holiday*
5.	December 24, 2021	Christmas Eve
6.	December 27, 2021	Christmas Day (observed)
7.	December 28, 2021	In lieu of Veteran's Day
8.	December 29, 2021	In lieu of employee's birthday
9.	December 30, 2021	Charged to annual leave
10.	December 31, 2021	New Year’s Day (observed)
11.	January 17, 2022	Dr. Martin Luther King’s Birthday
12.	March 25, 2022	Friday of Spring break, in lieu of Presidents’ Day/Daisy Gatson Bates Day
13.	May 30, 2022	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 27, 2021
Revised June 16, 2020
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