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Policy regarding paid holidays and winter break for regular employees.
Dartmouth provides the following paid observed holidays and one floating holiday to regular employees:
OBSERVED HOLIDAYS
New Year's Day
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Thanksgiving Day and the Friday after Thanksgiving
The day before or after Christmas Day
Christmas Day
Because of special work requirements, certain departments have historically observed President's Day in lieu of the day after Thanksgiving or a day before or after Christmas Day.
The one floating holiday is a paid day off for an employee to participate in celebrations of personal significance on days not already established by Dartmouth as an observed Holiday.
A non-exempt employee wishing to observe any holiday not part of the College's regular holiday cycle, and in addition to the floating holiday, has at their disposal, the eleven (11) days of Personal Leave per year, as described in the Personal Leave policy.
ELIGIBILITY
Regular employees are paid for holidays as defined above either: a) on the observed holiday itself if normally scheduled to work; or b) on the preceding or following scheduled workday for observed holidays, or c) on the chosen scheduled workday for the floating holiday, and will receive their normal wages for such days. Employees are not eligible for holiday pay while on disability leave, unpaid leave, or the days that begin or end employment.
Temporary employees are not eligible for paid holidays.
WINTER BREAK
Every year regular employees receive time off between the Christmas and New Year holidays. These days are designated as break days by the Office of Human Resources and are determined on a yearly basis. Employees who are required to work during break are entitled to take alternate break days until June 30. Winter break days are posted on the Human Resources web site: https://www.dartmouth.edu/hr/working_at_dartmouth/policies_procedures/holidays_winter_break.php
Employees who are deemed essential and who are required to work during either an observed holiday or a winter break day can arrange for alternative days off with their supervisors. Salaried employees required to work during break will receive the same rate of pay as other regularly scheduled workdays. Hourly employees will be paid in addition to holiday pay, two times the hourly rate for each hour worked during an observed holiday (this does not include winter break days or the floating holiday).
Hourly employees recording time off on their time sheet should record their observed holiday hours and floating holiday hours as "Hol" on the time sheet and record break days as "Winter Brk" on the time sheet.
If an employee was required to work during an observed holiday or winter break day and has arranged with their supervisor for alternate day(s) off within the timeframe allowed in this policy, they should use the appropriate pay code of "Hol" or "Winter Brk" to record that they are taking a different day as their observed holiday or winter break day(s).