According
to Board of Regents policy, each institution within the University System
of Georgia is allowed twelve (12) official paid holidays each calendar
year for employees at the institution. After receiving input from throughout
the campus and consulting the academic calendar, the President's Cabinet
has adopted the following Calendar Year 2008 official holiday schedule
for Georgia Southern: |
CALENDAR YEAR
2008 |
New Year's
Day ........ January 1 (Tuesday) |
MLK Day ........ January 21 (Monday)
|
Memorial Day
........ May 26 (Monday) |
Independence Day ........ July 4 (Friday)
|
Labor Day ..... September 1 (Monday)
|
Thanksgiving ..... November 27 - 28 (Thursday and
Friday)
|
December holidays ..... December 22 - 26 (Monday - Friday)
|
Classes will not be held the Wednesday prior to Thanksgiving. If employees want to take the day off, they will need to follow procedures to request annual leave.
All regular benefited employees working full-time or part-time 20 hours or more per week will be paid for the holidays. Additionally, those employees required to work on a scheduled holiday must be given equivalent time off at a later date mutually agreeable to the employee and supervisor. |
