{"id":243,"date":"2018-10-04T15:01:04","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T15:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/human-resources\/?page_id=243"},"modified":"2025-07-31T08:43:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T12:43:53","slug":"university-holidays","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/human-resources\/benefits\/university-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"University Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"

University Holidays Calendar for Academic Year 2025 – 2026<\/h2>\n

The University is closed for the following State of New Jersey holidays:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Holiday<\/strong><\/th>\nDate<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Labor Day<\/td>\nMonday, September 1, 2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thanksgiving Day<\/td>\nThursday, November 27, 2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Christmas*<\/td>\nThursday, December 25, 2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
New Year’s Day*<\/td>\nThursday, January 1, 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Martin Luther King’s Birthday<\/td>\nMonday, January 19, 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Good Friday<\/td>\nFriday, April 3, 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Memorial Day<\/td>\nMonday, May 25, 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Juneteenth<\/td>\nFriday, June 19, 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Independence Day (observed)<\/em><\/td>\nFriday, July 3, 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

* These holidays are included in the Winter Closings.<\/p>\n

Thanksgiving and Winter Closings<\/h3>\n

The University is closed for the following non-holiday workdays:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Day after Thanksgiving<\/strong><\/td>\nFriday, November 28, 2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Winter Closing<\/strong><\/td>\nThursday, December 25, 2025 through Thursday, January 1, 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

State Holidays with Classes Scheduled by the University<\/h3>\n

The University is open for scheduled classes on Presidents\u2019 Day, Columbus Day, Election Day, and Veterans Day, and University offices are open to provide essential services. These are work days for all managerial employees. As noted below, employees represented by the AFT are eligible to work on these days to accrue compensatory time in compliance with the respective Holiday Day agreement.<\/p>\n

CWA and IFPTE employees are eligible to work the Presidents’ Day holiday and earn compensatory time based on the operational needs of the University. However, please note, the compensatory time earned for working Presidents’ Day by CWA and IFPTE employees may not be applied to the Winter Break.<\/p>\n

2025<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Holiday<\/strong><\/th>\nDate<\/strong><\/th>\nAFT Eligible<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Professional Staff and Librarians)<\/strong><\/th>\n

CWA Eligible<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
President’s Day<\/td>\nMonday, February 17, 2025<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Columbus Day<\/td>\nMonday, October 13, 2025<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Election Day<\/td>\nTuesday, November 4, 2025<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Veteran’s Day<\/td>\nTuesday, November 11, 2025<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

2026<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Holiday<\/strong><\/th>\nDate<\/strong><\/th>\nAFT Eligible<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Professional Staff and Librarians)<\/strong><\/th>\n

CWA Eligible<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
President’s Day<\/td>\nMonday, February 16, 2026<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Columbus Day<\/td>\nMonday, October 12, 2026<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Election Day<\/td>\nTuesday, November 3, 2026<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Veteran’s Day<\/td>\nWednesday, November 11, 2026<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

CWA and AFT Bargaining Unit Holiday Agreements \u2013 Opportunities to Earn Compensatory Time<\/h3>\n

The University has entered into local agreements with the CWA and the AFT to enable their members to work on the State Holidays with Classes Scheduled by the University in order to accrue compensatory time. This accrued compensatory time can be applied to the day after Thanksgiving or the four non-holiday workdays (Winter Closing). For further details please review the applicable local agreement below.<\/p>\n

CWA<\/h3>\n

View a copy of the CWA Holiday Agreement<\/a><\/p>\n

AFT<\/h3>\n

Effective 2024, AFT members will accrue 1.25 hours of compensatory time for each hour worked on a State Holiday with Classes Scheduled by the University. Please note: since Sprague Library is closed on Martin Luther King Day, this date is no longer eligible for AFT Library personnel to accrue compensatory time.<\/p>\n

View a copy of the AFT Holiday Agreement<\/a><\/p>\n

Questions?<\/h3>\n

If you have questions, contact Human Resources at: askHR@montclair.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

University Holidays Calendar for Academic Year 2025 – 2026 The University is closed for the following State of New Jersey holidays: Holiday Date Labor Day Monday, September 1, 2025 Thanksgiving Day Thursday, November 27, 2025 Christmas* Thursday, December 25, 2025 New Year’s Day* Thursday, January 1, 2026 Martin Luther King’s Birthday Monday, January 19, 2026 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3097,"parent":204,"menu_order":23,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-243","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243"}],"version-history":[{"count":51,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9216,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/243\/revisions\/9216"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}