HOLIDAY F.A.Q.
Q1: Who determines how many holidays state agency and university employees will receive?
A1: The state legislature sets the total number of holidays that can be observed each fiscal year by all state agencies and institutions of higher education. Institutions of higher education observe exactly the same number of holidays that are observed by all state agencies. Holidays are a combination of national- and state-observed holidays.
Q2: Why does the number of holidays we receive vary each year?
A2: The legislature allows us to observe only those holidays that fall on a weekday. If a holiday falls on a Saturday or a Sunday, we are not able to observe that holiday by taking it at a different time. For example, we cannot observe a holiday on the previous Friday or the following Monday.
Q3: Why don't state agencies and institutions of higher education observe the same holidays?
A3: While all state agencies and institutions of higher education observe the same number of holidays, the legislature gives institutions of higher education the flexibility to establish their own holiday schedules. The number of holidays is always the same, but state agencies and institutions of higher education may have different schedules. The total number of state holidays for Fiscal Year 2006-2007 is eleven.
Q4: Why do we have only eleven holidays, then?
A4: For the past six years, the institution has designated three days as Personal Leave Days and scheduled the remaining days as holidays.
Eligible UT Health Science Center employees will receive a total of eleven paid holidays during Fiscal Year 2007-2008.
FISCAL YEAR 2008 HOLIDAY SCHEDULE:
Labor Day
Monday
September 3, 2007
Thanksgiving Day
Thursday
November 22, 2007
Day After Thanksgiving
Friday
November 23, 2007
Christmas Eve Day
Monday
December 24, 2007
Christmas Day
Tuesday
December 25, 2007
Day After Christmas
Wednesday
December 26, 2007
New Year’s Day
Tuesday
January 1, 2008
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Monday
January 21, 2008
Presidents’ Day
Monday
February 18, 2008
Memorial Day
Monday
May 26, 2008
Independence Day
Friday
July 4, 2008