Holidays

Wilkes University will grant holiday time off with pay to all eligible employees on the holidays listed below:

* New Year's Day (January 1)

* Good Friday (Friday before Easter)

* Easter Monday (Monday after Easter)

* Memorial Day (last Monday in May)

* Independence Day (July 4)

* Labor Day (first Monday in September)

* Thanksgiving (fourth Thursday in November)

* Day after Thanksgiving

* Christmas Eve (December 24)

* Christmas (December 25)

* New Year's Eve (December 31)

*Any additional unscheduled holidays will be posted internally.

NOTE: Public Safety Officers do not follow the official Holiday Policy #305 due to required scheduled hours of operations. Public safety officers receive (4) Personal Holidays in each fiscal year. Employees should request advance approval from their supervisors. Requests for Personal Holiday leave will be reviewed based on a number of factors, including business needs and staffing requirements and must be scheduled with the prior approval of the employee's supervisor.

Wilkes University will grant paid holiday time off to all eligible employees immediately upon assignment to an eligible employment classification. Holiday pay will be calculated based on the employee's straight-time pay rate (as of the date of the holiday) times the number of hours the employee would otherwise have worked on that day. Eligible employee classification(s) are as follows:
* Full-time employees (Minimum 35 work hours per week for 9 months)
* Part-time employees (Minimum 1,000 work hours for 12 months)
* Introductory employees

If eligible non-exempt employees work on a recognized holiday, they will receive holiday pay plus wages at double time their straight-time rate for the number of hours worked (e.g., straight-time rate = $10/hour; double-time rate for holiday hours worked = $20/hour).
If a recognized holiday falls during a time period when an employee is not regularly scheduled to work (i.e. July 4th for a 9-month employee), the employee will be ineligible for holiday pay.

If a recognized holiday falls during a time period when an employee is not on an authorized leave of absence, such as disability or FMLA leave, the employee will be ineligible for holiday pay.

In addition to the recognized holidays listed above, eligible employees receive (1) Personal Holiday in each fiscal year. Requests for Personal Holiday leave will be reviewed based on a number of factors, including business needs and staffing requirements and must be scheduled with the prior approval of the employee's supervisor.

Personal Holidays will not be carried forward to next fiscal year.


Policy No.  305  Effective Date:  2/1/2004  Revision Date:  01/01/2008