The following holiday schedule will be in effect for the remainder of 2024 and calendar year 2025:

Holiday Schedule
Day Date Holiday
Thursday November 28, 2024 Thanksgiving Day
Friday November 29, 2024 *Day after Thanksgiving
Tuesday December 24, 2024 Compensatory Day for Veterans Day
Wednesday December 25, 2024 Christmas Day
Thursday December 26, 2024 Compensatory Day for Presidents' Day
Friday December 27, 2024 Compensatory Day for Indigenous People’s Day
Wednesday January 1, 2025 New Year's Day
Monday January 20, 2025 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Monday May 26, 2025 Memorial Day
Thursday June 19, 2025 Juneteenth National Freedom Holiday
Friday July 4, 2025 Independence Day
Monday September 1, 2025 Labor Day
Thursday November 27, 2025 Thanksgiving Day
Friday November 28, 2025 *Day after Thanksgiving
Wednesday December 24, 2025 Compensatory Day for Veterans Day
Thursday December 25, 2025 Christmas Day
Friday December 26, 2025 Compensatory for Presidents' Day
Monday December 29, 2025 Compensatory for Indigenous People’s Day
Thursday January 1, 2026 New Year's Holiday

For 2024, December 24, 26, and 27 are compensatory holidays rescheduled as noted above. Employees who have been in active status since February 19, 2024 (Presidents Day holiday), should not be working on these days. Employees hired after February 19, 2024, will not have earned all compensatory holidays and may work or take earned annual, personal, or documented compensatory leave.

The university will be open on Monday, December 23, 2024; Monday, December 30, 2024; and Tuesday, December 31, 2024. Campus Police, Power Plant, Post Office, and IT Services employees are required to work on those days. All other employees are encouraged to take earned annual, personal, or documented compensatory leave for this day.

For 2025, December 24, 26, and 29, 2024, are compensatory holidays rescheduled as noted above. Employees who have been in active status since February 17, 2025 (Presidents Day holiday), should not be working on these days. Employees hired after February 17, 2025, will not have earned all compensatory holidays and may work or take earned annual, personal, or documented compensatory leave.

The university will be open on Tuesday, December 30, 2025, and Wednesday, December 31, 2025. Campus Police, Power Plant, Post Office, and IT Services employees are required to work on those days. All other employees are encouraged to take earned annual, personal, or documented compensatory leave for this day.

Only permanent employees are eligible for paid holidays. To earn the paid holiday, the employee must be in an active pay status for the last half of the employee's scheduled work day immediately before the holiday, the day the holiday is observed, and the first half of the employee's scheduled work day immediately following the holiday. If the employee is on a leave without pay for any part of the aforementioned period, he/she will not earn the paid holiday.

Permanent part-time employees earn a prorated number of hours for holidays based on the number of hours of their regular work schedule, not the actual days of their work schedule. A permanent part-time employee who works 18.75 hours per week earns 3.75 hours of holiday pay for the holiday, regardless of the number of hours the employee is scheduled to work on the day that the holiday falls.

If you have any questions, please email the Benefits Team at benefit-services@iup.edu or call 724-357-2431, Option 1.

*Holiday for AFSCME and SEIU employees only. All other employees may work or take earned annual, personal, or documented compensatory leave.