Holiday Schedule

Listed below is the University of Maine System official holiday schedule.  Any future announcement from Human Resources about a particular holiday will be based on this schedule.

* Family Holidays (premium holiday pay); Refer to appropriate collective bargaining agreements or employee handbooks.

** Employees represented by collective bargaining agents will be governed by provisions of collective bargaining agreement. 

In addition to University recognized holidays, it is important to accommodate the observance of various religious traditions for those staff who need to be absent for religious holidays throughout the year. For example, Good Friday falls on April 2, 2010. Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown on September 17, 2009 and continues through sundown September 20, 2009 while Yom Kippur begins at sundown September 26, 2009 and concludes at sundown on September 27, 2009. Ramadan starts at sundown on August 21, 2009 and concludes with the start of the three-day holiday of Eid al-Fitr on September 21,2009. Eid al-Adha is a three-day holiday, starting November 26, 2009.

The University of Maine’s Multicultural calendar is posted on the Diversity page, http://www.umaine.edu/diversity/links.htm.  It includes a broad range of observances and historical events and is intended as a work in progress.  Suggestions for additions to the calendar will be reviewed each semester and the Office of Equal Opportunity will make appropriate revisions.

Please contact HR with any questions about the University of Maine System Holiday schedule or pay procedures.