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Policies Administrative Calendar

This administrative calendar announces the University's holidays for Administrative, Secretarial, Clerical and Public Safety employees during the 2012 - 2013 fiscal year. This calendar is distinct from the Academic Calendar of the University, published in its several catalogs, which applies to faculty and students only.

Download the 2012-2013 Administrative Calendar (PDF 20 KB)

General Practice

  1. The University will grant eleven (11) days for observance of holidays, and four (4) days for religious, civil or personal reasons, for a total of fifteen (15) days.
  2. The University annually observes the following national holidays: Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, the day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents’ Day, Memorial Day and Independence Day.
  3. December 26, 27 and 28, 2012 have been designated as Energy Days.
  4. Columbus Day, Election Day and Lincoln's Birthday are not holidays.
  5. The University will not close on religious holidays such as Passover or Good Friday, which are not legal holidays. However, administrators, secretarial, clerical staff and Public Safety employees are entitled to four personal days annually which may be used for religious holidays.  Requests for personal days must be submitted and approved in advance by the supervisor.
  6. Access to offices or laboratories during holiday period must be arranged with the Department of Public Safety in advance.
OBSERVANCE ALLOWANCE DAY DATE
Labor Day 1 Day Monday September 3
Thanksgiving
The Day After
2 Days Thursday
Friday
November 22
November 23
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
2 Days Monday
Tuesday
December 24
December 25
Energy Days 3 Days Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
December 26
December 27
December 28
New Year's Eve
New Year's Day
2 Days Monday
Tuesday
December 31
January 1
Martin Luther
King, Jr. Day
1 Day Monday January 21
President's Day** 1 Day Monday February 18
Memorial Day 1 Day Monday May 27
Independence Day 1 Day Thursday July 4

**Please note that classes are scheduled for Presidents' Day, February 18th. Therefore, all University offices must be staffed. Any employee who is scheduled to work on that day is entitled to take off an alternate day with the approval of the employee's supervisor. This day must be taken by August 31, 2013.

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Office of Human Resources
p - 516.877.3220
f - 516.877.4970
e - humanres@adelphi.edu
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