Holiday Schedule 2024
Schedule of Approved Holidays for UIC Fiscal Year 2024
A PDF version of this calendar also is available.
A memo regarding the Holiday Calendar also is available.
December 2023/January 2024 Holiday Schedule and Gift Days Memo
(View the Fiscal Year 2025 Holiday Schedule)
Schedule of Approved Holidays for UIC Fiscal Year 2024 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 | Tuesday, July 4, 2023 |
| Labor Day | Monday, September 4, 2023 |
| Thanksgiving Day | Thursday, November 23, 2023 |
| Day after Thanksgiving (Group A Designated Holiday) | Friday, November 24, 2023 |
| Gift Day #1 * | Friday, December 22, 2023 |
| Christmas Day Holiday Observed | Monday, December 25, 2023 |
| Day after Christmas (Group A Designated Holiday) | Tuesday, December 26, 2023 |
| President Designated Holiday | Wednesday, December 27, 2023 |
| Gift Day #2 * | Thursday, December 28, 2023 |
| Gift Day #3 * | Friday, December 29, 2023 |
| New Year’s Day Holiday Observed | Monday, January 1, 2024 |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Designated Holiday) | Monday, January 15, 2024 |
| Memorial Day | Monday, May 27, 2024 |
| Juneteenth Day | Wednesday, June 19, 2024 |
| 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 Heading link
GROUP B
Applies to all employees working in essential units, including but not limited to the University of Illinois Hospital & 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 | Tuesday, July 4, 2023 |
| Labor Day | Monday, September 4, 2023 |
| Thanksgiving Day | Thursday, November 23, 2023 |
| Gift Day #1 * | Friday, December 22, 2023 |
| Christmas Day Holiday Observed | Monday, December 25, 2023 |
| President Designated Holiday | Wednesday, December 27, 2023 |
| Gift Day #2 * | Thursday, December 28, 2023 |
| Gift Day #3 * | Friday, December 29, 2023 |
| New Year’s Day Holiday Observed | Monday, January 1, 2024 |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Designated Holiday) | Monday, January 15, 2024 |
| Memorial Day | Monday, May 27, 2024 |
| Juneteenth Day | Wednesday, June 19, 2024 |
| 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 University of Illinois Hospital & Clinics will receive the gift days and designated holiday as additional floating holidays that may be used between December 22, 2023 and June 30, 2024, 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, 2023 and June 30, 2024.
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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.
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 Susan Balmes (balmes@uic.edu) or Joanna Wolek (jwolek@uic.edu) if you have questions or need further information.