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Holiday Schedule

 

Holidays for Northwestern University staff will be observed during 2010, 2011, and 2012 according to the following calendar:

 

HOLIDAY

2010

2011

2012

Memorial Day (observed)

Monday, May 31, 2010

Monday, May 30, 2011

Monday, May 28, 2012

Independence Day

(observed) Monday, July 5, 2010

Monday, July 4, 2011

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Labor Day

Monday, September 6, 2010

Monday, September 5, 2011

Monday, September 3, 2012

Thanksgiving Day

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Day After Thanksgiving

Friday, November 26, 2010

Friday, November 25, 2011

Friday, November 23, 2012

Christmas Eve

Friday, December 24, 2010

Friday, December 23, 2011

Monday, December 24, 2012

Christmas Day

Monday, December 27, 2010

Monday, December 26, 2011

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

New Year's Eve

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Friday, December 30, 2011

Monday, December 31, 2012

New Year's Day

Friday, December 31, 2010

Monday, January 2, 2012

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

 

The University Holiday Schedule is available for faculty and staff to add to their Northwestern Collaboration Services account calendar. Choose to either download or subscribe at Subscribe to University Holiday Calendar.

Holidays specified in union contracts are observed according to those contracts, even if different from this calendar. Holidays for the NU-Q campus may differ from these dates.

 

Holiday Eligibility

 

To be paid for a university scheduled holiday, exempt and nonexempt employees must be in paid status for at least 50 percent of the pay period in which the holiday falls, excluding the scheduled holiday itself.

 

Part time employees must work 17.5 hours per week to qualify. Holiday pay is based on the biweekly scheduled hours divided by ten. For example, a part time employee scheduled to work 60 hours in a biweekly pay period is eligible for six paid holiday hours. Temporary employees are not eligible for holiday pay as well as part time employees working less than 17.5 hours per week.