Holidays and administrative leave
Eligibility
All regular (non temporary) employees in a benefits eligible position are eligible. On call employees, temporary employees, and student workers are ineligible.
Employees on a leave of absence, including workers' compensation, do not receive holiday pay or summer administrative leave.
Holidays
The college observes eleven holidays each year. This list is updated each spring for the following academic year.
| Holiday | Observed |
|---|---|
| Memorial Day | May 25, 2026 |
| Juneteenth | June 19, 2026 |
| Independence Day | July 3, 2026 |
| Labor Day | September 7, 2026 |
| Thanksgiving | November 26, 2026 |
| Day after Thanksgiving | November 27, 2026 |
| Christmas Eve | December 24, 2026 |
| Christmas Day | December 25, 2026 |
| New Year's Eve | December 31, 2026 |
| New Year's Day | January 1, 2027 |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Day | January 18, 2027 |
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Administrative leave days
Each spring, the college determines the administrative leave schedule for summer Fridays where the college will close at noon on certain Friday afternoons. Depending on one's role and responsibilities, not all staff will be able to take advantage of this time off.
Eligible employees who are scheduled to work these days may leave work early and receive pay for the entire day. Employees who take a sick day or vacation day on a Friday when the college closes early will be charged for a full day of sick time or vacation.
This time off during the summer is considered administrative leave and may not be accrued, carried over, traded, used as compensatory time or otherwise paid if not taken. Employees who are not scheduled to work during an administrative leave day will not be paid for the time. Administrative leave days for 2026 will be determined by the College President in the Spring.
Holiday pay
Non-exempt (hourly) employees who are required to work on an observed holiday receive regular pay plus pay for the holiday (double time) in lieu of time off. Non-exempt (hourly) employees scheduled to work overtime on a holiday will receive one-and-a-half times their regular pay for overtime hours, plus pay for the holiday (double time-and-a-half).
Exempt employees receive their regular pay on observed holidays.
If an employee is scheduled to work on a holiday or on the day the holiday is observed and takes the day off, the employee must use vacation leave and will be paid vacation pay only.
If an employee is scheduled to work on a holiday or on the day the holiday is observed and takes a sick day, the employee must use sick leave and will be paid sick pay only.
Holidays and administrative leave days may not be accrued, carried over, traded, used as compensatory time or otherwise paid if not taken.
Timecards
Non-exempt (hourly) employees must mark hours as holiday or administrative leave, including summer administrative leave. Hours paid as holiday or administrative leave, but not worked, do not count towards overtime that week.
Exempt employees do not record holiday or administrative leave days on their time cards.
For custodial staff, the start time and day of one's shift determines if the shift is a holiday.