UTSA Employee Holidays

Date

Holiday

Day

September 3, 2007

Labor Day

Monday

November 22, 2007

Thanksgiving Day

Thursday

November 23, 2007

Day after Thanksgiving

Friday

December 24, 2007

Christmas Eve Day

Monday

December 25, 2007

Christmas Day

Tuesday

December 26, 2007

Day after Christmas

Wednesday

December 27, 2007

Christmas Holiday (skeleton crew)*

Thursday

December 28, 2007

Christmas Holiday (skeleton crew)*

Friday

December. 31, 2007

Christmas Holiday (skeleton crew)*

Monday

January 1, 2008

New Year’s Day

Tuesday

January 21, 2008

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Monday

May 26, 2008

Memorial Day

Monday

July 4, 2008

Independence Day

Friday

Floating Holiday **

8 hours

Texas Legislators designated 14 holidays for fiscal year 2007-2008. The total number of holidays awarded to state employees fluctuates annually because when typical holidays fall on Saturday or Sunday, they are not observed. Institutions of higher education may rearrange state holidays and establish their own holidays in order to provide more effective work schedules that are consistent with the academic calendar.

**Floating holiday: Floating holiday(s) are awarded when all Federal and UTSA traditional holidays have been allocated AND a remainder exists between the total number of holidays allocated and the total number of holidays designated by the Texas Legislature.
For Fiscal Year 2007-2008, all full-time benefits eligible employees (including probationary employees) are entitled to 8 hours of floating holiday time.These 8 hours may be scheduled at any time during the fiscal year with prior approval of the employee's immediate supervisor.  Regular benefits-eligible employees appointed for less than 40 hours will receive holiday hours proportionate to the number of hours appointed to work.

*Skeleton work crew days : In accordance with the provisions of the Texas Government Code § 662.004 , a state agency must have enough employees on duty to conduct business during any holidays that UTSA selects that are not designated as "all (state) agencies closed."
An employee who serves as a member of a skeleton crew will be granted state compensatory time in lieu of the holiday in accordance to Chapter 4.27, section D. of the Handbook of Operating Procedures “State Compensatory Time”. State compensatory time off must be scheduled within twelve (12) months following the workweek in which it was earned with the prior approval of the employee's supervisor.
State compensatory time may also be used to observe an additional religious holiday(s), or state or national holiday that is not officially observed by UTSA. The Texas Legislature has specified Rosh Hashanah, Cesar Chavez Day or Good Friday as optional holidays. Employees are entitled to observe these holidays provided that they work a skeleton crew holiday, or use accrued and available leave.