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Staff Holiday Schedule

2008-09 Holidays:
Whitworth's administrative offices are closed on, and employees with initial, regular and interim appointments will receive pay for, the following holidays:

1. Thanksgiving Day (two holidays): Thursday, Nov. 27, and Friday, Nov. 28, 2008
2. Christmas (three holidays): Wednesday, Dec. 24, Thursday, Dec. 25, and Friday, Dec. 26, 2008
3. New Year's Day (one holiday): Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009
4. Martin Luther King, Jr., Day (one holiday): Monday, Jan. 19, 2009
5. Good Friday (one holiday): Friday, April 10, 2009
6. Memorial Day (one holiday): Monday, May 25, 2009
7. Independence Day (one holiday): Friday, July 3, 2009

2009-10 Holidays:
Whitworth's administrative offices are closed on, and employees with initial, regular and interim appointments will receive pay for, the following holidays:

1. Thanksgiving Day (two holidays): Thursday, Nov. 26, and Friday, Nov. 27, 2009
2. Christmas (three holidays): Thursday, Dec. 24, Friday, Dec. 25, and Monday, Dec. 28, 2009
3. New Year's Day (one holiday): Friday, Jan. 1, 2010
4. Martin Luther King, Jr., Day (one holiday): Monday, Jan. 18, 2010
5. Good Friday (one holiday): Friday, April 2, 2010
6. Memorial Day (one holiday): Monday, May 31, 2010
7. Independence Day (one holiday): Monday, July 5, 2010

Floating Holidays (two holidays):
Eligible employees receive two floating holidays annually for use on days of their choice, subject to supervisor approval.  Floating holidays must be used by Aug. 31 of each year.  They do not carry over from year to year, and they must be used in at least half-day increments.

Employees hired before Sept. 1 will receive two days in the first year of employment; employees hired after Sept. 1 and on or before Feb. 1 will receive one day in the first year.