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Human Resources Announcement
For Bloomington Employees, Managers, and Department Heads

REMAINING 2007 HOLIDAYS

Labor Day - Monday, September 3
Thanksgiving - Thursday, November 22
Friday after Thanksgiving - Friday, November 23
Christmas Day - Tuesday, December 25

Support and Service Staff

Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day
Employees required to work on one of these holidays receive their regular pay and additional pay or time off at a rate of one and one-half.

Friday after Thanksgiving
Employees required to work on the Friday after Thanksgiving receive their regular pay and an additional eight (8) hours of pay or time off.

Typically, it is at the discretion of the department as to whether the employee receives either additional pay or time off. Refer to the specific employee policy for the correct procedure — see below.

References:
Service Maintenance Staff Holidays Policy 5.1
Support Staff Holidays Policy 12.5

Professional Staff

All Holidays
When Professional Staff must work on a holiday, they receive equivalent time off.

Reference:
Professional Staff Holidays Policy 10.2

All Staff

• Departments should not give time off for a holiday in advance of the date on which the holiday falls.
• Employees who receive time off as compensation for a worked holiday must:
  • Select a time-off date that is mutually agreeable with the supervisor and which does not create an undue hardship on the department and
  • Use the time off by the end of the last full pay period of the following year or it is lost.

University Human Resource Services
August 27, 2007