Holiday Schedule 2023
Schedule of Approved Holidays for UIC Fiscal Year 2023
A PDF version of this calendar is also available.
A memo regarding the December 2022/January 2023 Holiday Schedule and Gift Days is also available.
(View the Fiscal Year 2024 Holiday Schedule)
Schedule of Approved Holidays for UIC Fiscal Year 2023 Heading link
GROUP A: Applies to all staff members except those listed under Group B:
Group A Holidays Heading link
| HOLIDAYS | DAY OBSERVED |
|---|---|
| Independence Day | Monday, July 4, 2022 |
| Labor Day | Monday, September 5, 2022 |
| Election Day | Tuesday, November 8, 2022 |
| Thanksgiving Day | Thursday, November 24, 2022 |
| Day after Thanksgiving (Designated Holiday) | Friday, November 25, 2022 |
| Gift Day #1 * | Friday, December 23, 2022 |
| Christmas Day Holiday Observed | Monday, December 26, 2022 |
| Designated Holiday | Tuesday, December 27, 2022 |
| President Designated Holiday | Wednesday, December 28, 2022 |
| Gift Day #2 * | Thursday, December 29, 2022 |
| Gift Day #3 * | Friday, December 30, 2022 |
| New Year’s Day Holiday Observed | Monday, January 2, 2023 |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Designated Holiday) | Monday, January 16, 2023 |
| Memorial Day | Monday, May 29, 2023 |
| Juneteenth Day | Monday, June 19, 2023 |
| Plus | |
| Two Floating Holidays |
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* The Group A schedule grants three (3) gift days and one (1) President designated holiday over the December holiday break.
GROUP B
Applies to all employees working in essential units, including but not limited to the University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics; Biologic Resources Laboratory; units reporting to the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, including Campus Auxiliary Services (CAS) Administration, CAS Facilities, Campus Housing, Counseling Center, Dean of Students, Dining Services, Dorin Forum, Student Affairs IT, Student Centers, Credit Union I Arena, and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs; Technology Solutions; UIC School of Law (UIC Law) Plant and Real Estate Operations and UIC Law Security Operations; and units reporting to the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Administrative Services, including Facilities Management, Office of Preparedness and Response, Utilities and Energy Services, Parking Services, Environmental Health and Safety, Planning, Sustainability and Project Management, and the UIC Police Department:
Group B Holidays Heading link
| HOLIDAYS | DAY OBSERVED |
|---|---|
| Independence Day | Monday, July 4, 2022 |
| Labor Day | Monday, September 5, 2022 |
| Election Day | Tuesday, November 8, 2022 |
| Thanksgiving Day | Thursday, November 24, 2022 |
| Gift Day #1 * | Friday, December 23, 2022 |
| Christmas Day Holiday Observed | Monday, December 26, 2022 |
| President Designated Holiday | Wednesday, December 28, 2022 |
| Gift Day #2 * | Thursday, December 29, 2022 |
| Gift Day #3 * | Friday, December 30, 2022 |
| New Year’s Day Holiday Observed | Monday, January 2, 2023 |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Designated Holiday) | Monday, January 16, 2023 |
| Memorial Day | Monday, May 29, 2023 |
| Juneteenth Day | Monday, June 19, 2023 |
| Plus | |
| Four Floating Holidays |
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* The Group B schedule grants three (3) gift days and one (1) President designated holiday over the December holiday break. Group B employees of the UI Hospital and Clinics will receive the gift days and designated holiday as additional floating holidays that may be used between December 23, 2022 and June 30, 2023, with supervisor approval. All other Group B employees required to work on the gift days and designated holiday may schedule alternate days off between December 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023.
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Gift Days
A gift day is a paid day (use of benefit time is not required) provided to leave benefit eligible employees. Essential employees who must work on a designated gift day may use their gift day at a later time in the current fiscal year, with supervisor approval. Unused gift days are not paid out at the time of termination and do not roll over into the next fiscal year.
Reduced Service Days
Most non-essential university units are closed on the reduced service days. Leave benefit eligible employees may use accrued vacation leave or floating holidays to be paid on a reduced service day. Non-exempt civil service staff may also take as unpaid or use accrued comp time. Exempt employees without accrued vacation or floating holiday leave cannot take as unpaid.
Floating Holidays
Floating holidays (2 or 4) are “designated holidays” by the president and chancellors. They must be taken in full day increments and must be used in the fiscal year. Unused floating holidays are not paid out at the time of termination and do not roll over into the next fiscal year.
Juneteenth Holiday
While eligible faculty and staff will receive paid holiday time on the Juneteenth holiday, the University of Illinois System never fully closes, and essential operations will continue. Holiday usage and pay policies will apply, as they do for other designated holidays.
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Please contact Joanna Wolek (jwolek@uic.edu) if you have questions or need further information.