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.

 Holidays            Day/Date     Day/Date
Independence Day* Monday, July 4 2011 Monday, July 4 2011
Labor Day* Monday, September 5 2011 Monday, September 5 2011
Columbus Day  Monday, October 10 2011 Monday, October 10 2011
Veterans’ Day Friday, November 11 2011 Friday, November 11 2011
Thanksgiving Day* Thursday, November 24 2011 Thursday, November 24 2011
Day After Thanksgiving Day* Friday, November 25 2011 Friday, November 25 2011
Christmas Day* Sunday, December 25 2011 Monday, December 26 2011
New Year’s Day Sunday, January 1 2012 Monday, January 2 2012
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Monday, January 16 2012 Monday, January 16 2012
Presidents' Day Monday, February 20 2012 Monday, February 20 2012
Patriot’s Day Monday, April 16 2012 Monday, April 16 2012
Memorial Day* Monday, May 28 2012 Monday, May 28 2012

* 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.