UTSA Employee Holidays

Fiscal Year Holiday Schedule

2006 - 2007

DATE	HOLIDAY	DAY
Sept. 4, 2006	Labor Day	Monday
Nov. 23, 2006	Thanksgiving Day	Thursday
Nov. 24, 2006	Day after Thanksgiving	Friday
Dec. 25, 2006	Christmas Day	Monday
Dec. 26, 2006	Day after Christmas	Tuesday
Dec. 27, 2006	Christmas Holiday (Skeleton Crew)	Wednesday*
Dec. 28, 2006	Christmas Holiday (Skeleton Crew)	Thursday*
Dec. 29, 2006	Christmas Holiday (Skeleton Crew)	Friday*
Jan. 1, 2007	New Year's Day	Monday
Jan. 15, 2007	Martin Luther King, Jr. Day	Monday
May 28, 2007	Memorial Day	Monday
July 04, 2007	Independence Day	Wednesday
Floating Holiday **		16 hours

Texas Legislators designated 14 holidays for fiscal year 2006-2007. 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 2006/2007, All full-time benefits eligible employees (including probationary employees) are entitled to 16 hours of floating holiday time.These 16 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".

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, Yom Kippur, 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.

Holiday/Skeleton Crew Days Additional Information

A benefits-eligible, full time, or a part time FLSA exempt, employee who works on a Holiday or a Skeleton crew day will be granted state compensatory time for the hours worked. EXCEPTION. Part time, nonexempt, benefits eligible, employees who work under 40 hours in a work week, will be paid for hours worked on a Holiday and/or Skeleton Crew day and in addition be paid for the Holiday time that they are entitled to based on their appointment; they do not accrue state compensatory time. A part-time, benefits eligible, nonexempt employee who worked and took paid leave that exceeds 40 hours in a work week, would earn State Comp time and/or FLSA Overtime, as applicable.

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