LHR News: December 2016 and January 2017 holidays: your ESSIC attendance record

For full-time faculty and staff, the University holidays this year are Dec. 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, and 30; and Monday, Jan. 2.

This year, Dec. 25 will fall on a Sunday, as will Jan. 1, 2017. University policies provide, however, that if a holiday falls on an employee’s regularly scheduled day off, the employee receives another day off with pay to be used at another time. Thus, employees who normally do not work Sundays will receive a holiday compensatory day off for the Dec. 25 holiday.

Friday, Dec. 23 is not a University holiday and offices ordinarily would be open that day. However, in order to provide a generally more desirable and efficient application of time off, University offices and facilities except for essential services will be closed for this day as well. Therefore, the University will be closed from the end of normal operations on Thursday, Dec. 22, and will reopen on Tuesday, Jan. 3.

The holiday compensatory day earned for the Sunday, Dec. 25 holiday will be used for the work absences on Dec. 23 because of University offices and facilities not being open. This day closed, however, will not be an official University holiday. Employees in essential services who qualify for compensatory days, but who must work Dec. 23 will still have their compensatory day off for use at a later time.

For all employees scheduled Monday through Friday during this time period, the attendance record should be completed as follows for the holidays:*

list of holiday dates with hours for attendance system

heading for attendance system submission for paid time off for December 2016example of compensatory hours to submit for attendance system

list of holiday dates with hours for attendance system for January 2017

*Employees in HR-88 positions would apply the holiday time according to their FTE, per policy HR-88.

Note: Dickinson School of Law Libraries and George T. Harrell Library employees are provided with this information as employees of the University Libraries; however, day-to-day operational practices are guided by their respective Colleges. Dickinson and College of Medicine Library employees should speak to their immediate supervisor or local HR Representative for guidance, as necessary. Conditions of employment for Technical-service employees are further described in the “Agreement between The Pennsylvania State University and Teamsters Local Union No. 8.”  Technical-service employees should refer to the Agreement for information related to the above topics.

– submitted by Wendy Stodart, Library Human Resources