Vacation and holidays

Schedule for 2008

1. Tuesday, January 1, 2008 (New Year's Day)
2. Monday, January 21, 2008 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day)
3. Monday, May 26, 2008 (Memorial Day)
4. Friday, July 4, 2008 (Independence Day)
5. Monday, September 1, 2008 (Labor Day)
6. Thursday, November 27, 2008 (Thanksgiving)
7. Friday, November 28, 2008 (Friday after Thanksgiving)
8. Wednesday, December 24, 2008 (Holiday Closedown)
9. Thursday, December 25, 2008 (Holiday Closedown)
10. Friday, December 26, 2008 (Holiday Closedown)
11. Monday, December 29, 2008 (Holiday Closedown)
12. Tuesday, December 30, 2008 (Holiday Closedown)
13. * Wednesday, December 31, 2008 (Holiday Closedown taken as vacation leave or leave without pay)

The Holiday Closedown for 2008 will begin Wednesday, December 24 and conclude Friday, January 2, 2009. Thursday, January 1, 2009 (New Year’s Day) and Friday, January 2, 2009 (Holiday Closedown taken as vacation leave or leave without pay). Staff will return to work Monday, January 5, 2009.

Academic Year Information

1. Monday, January 14, 2008 First Day of 2nd Semester Classes
2. Monday, January 21, 2008 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (no classes)
3. Sunday, March 16 – Sun., March 23, 2008 Spring Break
4. Saturday, May 3, 2008 Last Day of 2nd Semester Classes
5. Monday, August 25, 2008 First Day of 1st Semester Classes
6. Monday, October 20 – Tue., October 21, 2008 Fall Break
7. Wednesday, November 26 – Sat., Nov. 29, 2008 Thanksgiving Break
8. Saturday, December 13, 2008 Last Day of 1st Semester Classes

* Vacation Leave/Leave Without Pay

By proclamation of the Governor or the President, University employees other than temporary are compensated for 12 holidays annually. To facilitate the "closedown" periods, extra days may appear in the schedule and will need to be reported as annual leave or leave without pay.

University of Nebraska Policy on Vacation Leave

1. All regular employees of the University of Nebraska shall be granted vacation leave according to schedules in Sections 2.0 and 3.0.
   1. Vacation leave shall accrue on a pay period basis, and an account of such leave earned and used shall be maintained and balanced annually.
   2. Vacation leave not used within one calendar year following the year in which time accrued shall be lost.
   3. The rate at which an employee accrues vacation leave shall be computed from the service date and adjusted by breaks in service if such break in service is less than three years.
   4. Employees may be advanced vacation leave in an amount not to exceed a total of forty hours (40) (one work week), prorated for part-time employees. Employees shall reimburse the University for all used, unearned vacation leave upon separation.
2. Managerial-Professional Staff - Members of the Managerial-Professional staff shall earn twelve (12) workdays of vacation during each of the first two (2) years of employment, eighteen (18) workdays during the third through the fifth year of employment, and twenty-four (24) workdays during each year thereafter.
3. Office and Service Staff - Office and Service employees shall earn vacation according to the following schedule

   Years of Employment	Hours per Month	Hours per Year	Days per Year	Hours per Day
   1st through 5th year	8.00	96	12	0.26301
   Beginning of 6th yr.	10.00	120	15	0.32877
   Beginning of 7th yr.	10.67	128	16	0.35068
   Beginning of 8th yr.	11.33	136	17	0.37260
   Beginning of 9th yr.	12.00	144	18	0.39452
   Beginning of 10th yr.	12.67	152	19	0.41644
   Beginning of 11th yr.	13.33	160	20	0.43836
   Beginning of 12th yr.	14.00	168	21	0.46027
   Beginning of 13th yr.	14.67	176	22	0.48219
   Beginning of 14th yr.	15.33	184	23	0.50411
   Beginning of 15th yr.	16.00	192	24	0.52603
   Beginning of 16th yr. and all following years	16.67	200	25	0.54795

4. Vacation Leave Use
   1. Regular part-time employees shall earn vacation leave on a proportionate basis to their FTE.
   2. Vacation leave shall be arranged to not interfere with the conduct of University business.
   3. Unused vacation shall be paid when an employee separates. Upon death of an employee, his or her beneficiary shall be paid for any unused vacation leave of the employee.
5. All regular employees who transfer from employment with the State government or the State colleges shall accrue vacation leave at a rate based on the hiring date with the organization from which they are transferring.
6. New senior members of the managerial-professional staff may be granted, upon employment, the right to earn vacation days at the rate of eighteen (18) work days or twenty-four (24) workdays per year at the discretion of the Chancellor or President where such exception is necessitated by the conditions in Sections 6.1 and 6.2.
   1. Exceptions may be granted in order to continue such provisions to a staff member who has been eligible for the benefits of such provisions under a prior University employee category.
   2. Exceptions maybe granted in order to recognize prior related work experience.
   3. If eighteen (18) workdays of vacation are granted during the first year of employment, the employee shall earn twenty-four (24) vacation days beginning with the fourth year of employment.