University Holidays

University Holidays 2019 – 2020

*Holiday Closings

The Holiday Closing includes the day after Thanksgiving and, for the winter break, begins Wednesday, December 25, 2019 and continues through Wednesday, January 1, 2020. Included in that period are the Christmas Day and New Year’s Day holidays which are celebrated on December 25 and January 1 respectively.

For CWA and AFT bargaining unit employees, the remaining four days plus the day after Thanksgiving are covered by compensatory time credit earned for work on State holidays and use of other appropriate leave balances.

For CWA, those holidays include:

• Columbus Day (October 14, 2019)
• Election Day (November 5, 2019)
• Veterans’ Day (November 11, 2019)

View the 2018 CWA Holiday Agreement.

For AFT, required work on one holiday from the following list:

• Columbus Day (October 14, 2019)
• Election Day (November 5, 2019)
• Veterans’ Day (November 11, 2019)
• Martin Luther King’s Birthday (For AFT Library employees only) (January 20, 2020)
• Presidents’ Day (February 17, 2020)

View the 2018 AFT Holiday Agreement.

Also, three additional days covered by provisions of the Statewide Agreement, including work on additional holidays, or by applying other appropriate earned leave balances exclusive of sick leave.

**Presidents’ Day

University classes will be held on this holiday, as is the case with 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.

Summer Work Schedules

• AFT Modified Summer Work Schedule – Summer 2019
• CWA Modified Summer Work Schedule – Summer 2019

See the Union Contracts page for more information on work schedule agreements.