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Holidays

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The holiday schedule for 2007-8, as described in OAR 580-022-0025, will be as follows and the University will be closed on these days:

Veteran's Day - Monday, November 12, 2007
Thanksgiving Day - Thursday, November 22, 2007
Day after Thanksgiving - Friday, November 23, 2007
Christmas Day - Tuesday, December 25, 2007
New Year's Day - Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday - Monday, January 21, 2008
Memorial Day - Monday, May 26, 2008
Independence Day - Friday, July 4, 2008
Labor Day - Monday, September 1, 2008

• Hourly temporary, hourly student and hourly academic wage employees are not eligible for holiday pay including the Governor's Day or the Special Day of paid leave.
• Whenever a holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday is the day off. If a holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday is a day off.
• Employees on leave without pay are not eligible to receive holiday pay.
• Classified employees must be in pay status at least 1/2 of the last workday before the holiday, and 1/2 the first workday after the holiday in order to receive holiday pay.
• Employees who are required to work on a holiday receive compensatory time off or cash at the rate of time and one-half. Special provisions apply to part-time employees.

Governor's Day for Unclassified Employees
Governor Kulongoski has discretion to grant 12 month unclassified employees an additional day of paid leave (Governor's Day) in conjunction with Thanksgiving,Christmas or New Year's Day. This leave is eight hours for full-time employees and is prorated for part-time employees. The employee must be employed as of the day prior to the applicable holiday to receive this leave. (This leave does not apply to represented classified employees for whom the collective bargaining agreement outlines holiday provisions - see below.)

If granted by the Governor, leave is to be taken on one of the following days:
Pre- Thanksgiving; November 21, 2007
Pre-or post- Christmas; December 24 or 26, 2007
Pre-or post- New Year's Day; December 31, 2007 or January 2, 2008

The unclassified employee and the institution must coordinate schedules to maintain regular services on those days. If those days are not available to an employee, the day of leave may be requested and taken on or before January 31, 2008.

Watch for information to employees to learn if this day will be granted for the calendar year 2007.

Special Day for Classified Employees
Classified employees should refer to the SEIU collective bargaining agreement, Article 42 - Holidays. Classified employees may be eligible to use the "Special Day" of paid leave as per the terms of Article 42, Section 2 and are not eligible for the "Governor's Day" granted to unclassified employees. The classified "Special Day" is also to be used on the workday before or after Christmas or the workday before or after New Year's Day, or another day if those days are not available.

For any classified employee required to work on a holiday, the following excerpt from the SEIU contract (Article 42, Section 8(b) applies:

Whenever practicable, employees shall be notified of holiday work schedules at least thirty (30) days in advance but in no instance shall there be less than fifteen (15) days advance notice of such work schedules except in situations over which the university has no control.