Holidays & Personal Leave For Administrators Leave-accruing academic personnel, USPS and TEAMS employees are eligible for ten paid holidays each year. All full-time leave-accruing academic personnel, TEAMS and USPS employees earn eight hours of holiday pay. Part-time employees are entitled to holiday time in proportion to their FTE. Please do not submit leave requests for holidays – holidays are automatically entered into PeopleSoft. 2024 HolidaysNew Year’s Day – Monday, January 1Martin Luther King, Jr’s Birthday – Monday, January 15Memorial Day – Monday, May 27Independence Day – Thursday, July 4Labor Day – Monday, September 2Homecoming (Observed) – TBDVeterans Day – Monday, November 11Thanksgiving – Thursday, November 28 and Friday, November 29Christmas – Wednesday, December 252025 HolidaysNew Year’s Day – Wednesday, January 1Martin Luther King, Jr’s Birthday – Monday, January 20Memorial Day – Monday, May 26Independence Day – Friday, July 4Labor Day – Monday, September 1Homecoming (Observed) – TBDVeterans Day – Tuesday, November 11Thanksgiving – Thursday, November 27 and Friday, November 28Christmas – Thursday, December 25 Leave of Absence