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Use of Floating Legal Holidays December 25, 2010 and January 1, 2011
December 14, 2010

All employees eligible to earn and use legal holidays should note that Christmas Day, Saturday December 25, 2010, and New Year's Day, Saturday, January 1, 2011, are floating legal holidays since these holidays fall on a regularly scheduled day off (a Saturday) for most employees.

Classified Employees - Use of Floating Holiday

  1. For classified employees (those paid bi-weekly), floating holiday time can be used anytime during the calendar year in which it is granted, but MUST be used by the end of the calendar year. For example:
  2. The December 25, 2010 floating legal holiday must be used by December 31, 2010.
  3. The January 1, 2011 floating legal holiday must be used by December 31, 2011.
  4. There are no provisions that allow classified employees to carryover floating holiday time into the next calendar year.

Unclassified Employees - Use of Floating Holiday

For unclassified employees (those paid monthly), floating holiday time can be used anytime during the fiscal year in which it is granted (July 1 - June 30), but MUST be used by the end of the fiscal year. For example:

  1. The December 25, 2010 floating legal holiday must be used by June 30, 2011.
  2. The January 1, 2011 floating legal holiday must be used by June 30, 2011.
  3. Unused floating holiday time is lost after June 30.

For both classified and unclassified employees, floating holiday time is allocated to the employee during the pay period in which the holiday falls and will appear on the next leave or earnings statement. When floating holiday time is used before the holiday occurs, the balance will appear as a negative number on the earnings statement and in the leave accounting system.

Source: UW Service Center
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