Holiday Schedule - July 2011 - June 2012

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. 

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

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 22, 2011.  Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown on September 28, 2011 and continues through sundown September 30, 2011 while Yom Kippur begins at sundown October 7, 2011 and concludes at sundown on October 8, 2011. Ramadan starts at sundown on August 1, 2011 and concludes with the start of the three-day holiday of Eid al-Fitr on August 30, 2011. Eid al-Adha is a four-day holiday, starting November 6, 2011.