Fayetteville Policies and Procedures 409.2
2023-2024 Holiday Schedule
The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, will observe the following holidays during the period July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024:
| 1. | July 4, 2023 | Independence Day |
| 2. | September 4, 2023 | Labor Day |
| 3. | November 23, 2023 | Thanksgiving Day |
| 4. | November 24, 2023 | Thanksgiving Holiday* |
| 5. | December 22, 2023 | Christmas Eve (observed) |
| 6. | December 25, 2023 | Christmas Day |
| 7. | December 26, 2023 | In lieu of Veteran's Day |
| 8. | December 27, 2023 | In lieu of employee's birthday |
| 9. | December 28, 2023 | Charged to annual leave |
| 10. | December 29, 2023 | Charged to annual leave |
| 11. | January 1, 2024 | New Year’s Day |
| 12. | January 15, 2024 | Dr. Martin Luther King’s Birthday |
| 13. | March 22, 2024 | Friday of Spring break, in lieu of Presidents’ Day/Daisy Gatson Bates Day |
| 14. | May 27, 2024 | 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 8, 2023
Revised June 24, 2022
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