Holiday Procedures

25 October 2015

When a Holiday Falls on Saturday or Sunday

Holidays falling on Saturday will be observed the preceding Friday. Holidays falling on Sunday will be observed the following Monday.

Christmas Day and New Year's Day

Two workdays each will be observed as holidays for both Christmas and New Year’s. Holiday schedule generally follows the table below. Note: Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve may or may not be observed as work holidays depending on what day of the week they occur.

Personnel Required to Work on a Scheduled Holiday

For Nonexempt Staff:

Holidays are always paid as they occur. When nonexempt staff must work on a holiday, they will be paid for the holiday and the time worked on the holiday. Because they have been paid, it is not necessary to provide an extra day off. However, management may choose to give an employee another day off without pay to allow the employee a chance to have time away from work. This unpaid day off should occur as close to the missed holiday as is reasonable.

Note: this day off without pay could result in an employee not receiving the full sick and vacation accruals. Employees should work with their department’s time manager to ensure accruals are not reduced by this extra day off.

For Exempt Staff:

Exempt staff are exempt from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Therefore, exempt staff will not receive additional compensation for performing their assigned responsibilities, which may include working on a holiday. When an exempt employee must work on a holiday, management has the discretion to allow exempt staff a compensatory day off without reporting vacation. This day off should occur as close to the missed holiday as is reasonable.

Holiday During Leave of Absence

An employee will not be paid for a holiday that occurs during leave without pay. In order to receive holiday pay, an employee on leave must return to work the day before a holiday occurs. (e.g., holiday occurs on Monday, employee returns from leave on Tuesday—employee will not be paid for the Monday holiday). An employee will be paid for a holiday if an unpaid leave begins on the working day immediately following the holiday (e.g., holiday occurs on Monday, employee leave begins on Tuesday—employee will be paid for the Monday holiday).

Holiday During Vacation

When a holiday falls within an employee’s scheduled vacation time, an employee does not need to use vacation hours for the holiday.

BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY RESERVES THE ABSOLUTE RIGHT TO CHANGE OR DEVIATE FROM THESE PROCEDURES WITHOUT ADVANCE NOTICE.

To see the university policy to which these procedures are associated, please click here.