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University Holidays

University Holidays 2023 – 2024

Holiday Date
Labor Day Monday, September 4, 2023
Thanksgiving Day Thursday, November 23, 2023
Thanksgiving Closing Friday, November 24, 2023
Winter Closing Monday, December 25, 2023 – Monday, January 1, 2024
Martin Luther King’s Birthday Monday, January 15, 2024
President’s Day Monday, February 19, 2024
Good Friday Friday, March 29, 2024
Memorial Day Monday, May 27, 2024
Juneteenth (3rd Friday in June) Friday, June 21, 2024
Independence Day Thursday, July 4, 2024

Thanksgiving and Winter Closings

The Thanksgiving Closing includes the day after Thanksgiving. The Winter Closing begins Saturday, December 23, 2023 and continues through Monday, January 1, 2024.

For CWA and AFT bargaining unit employees, the four non-holiday workdays between December 25, 2023 (Christmas Holiday) and New Year’s 2024 (December 26, 27, 28 and 29, 2023) plus the day after Thanksgiving (November 24, 2023) are covered by compensatory time credit earned for work on State holidays and/or use of other appropriate leave balances.

For CWA, members may earn compensatory time by working on the following holidays:

  • Columbus Day: Monday, October 9, 2023
  • Election Day: Tuesday, November 7, 2023
  • Veterans Day: Friday, November 10, 2023

View a copy of the CWA Holiday Agreement for 2023

For AFT, members may earn AFT Holiday Time by working on one or all of the following holidays:

  • Columbus Day: Monday, October 9, 2023
  • Election Day: Tuesday, November 7, 2023
  • Veterans Day: Friday, November 10, 2023

Professional Staff members that worked Martin Luther King Day 2023 (library personnel only) and Presidents’ Day in 2023, and other applicable holidays per the 2021-23 Holiday MOA and the Statewide Agreement, are entitled to apply the time accrued from work on those days to cover the Winter Break 2023 closure and the University’s closure on the day after Thanksgiving in 2023.

View a copy of the AFT Holiday Agreement for 2021-2023

University classes will be held on Columbus Day, Election Day, and Veterans Day. These are work days for all managers. Arrangements will be made to provide other essential services on these days.

Questions?

If you have questions, contact Human Resources at: hr@montclair.edu.