2022 Floating Holidays
2022 Floating Holidays: Saturday, January 1; Saturday, December 24; and Saturday, December 31 must be used by December 31, 2022 for all University Staff team members
Since January 1 (New Year’s Day), December 24 (Christmas Eve) and December 31 (New Year’s Eve), 2022, fall on a Saturday this year, leave-eligible team members can use 8 hours of “floating holiday” for each day (24 total hours). These floating holiday hours must be used in the calendar year or the fiscal year in which they occur.
Sunday, December 25, 2022 will be observed on Monday, December 26 and the University will be closed. When Legal Holidays fall on a Sunday, the University is closed on the following day (Monday) and the holiday is observed on that Monday.
- University Staff must use 24 hours of “floating” Legal Holiday during the calendar year (by December 31, 2022) or these hours will be lost.
- Academic Staff and Limited Appointees must use 16 hours of “floating” Legal Holiday during the current fiscal year (July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023) or these hours will be lost.
- UW System Legal Holiday Policy: https://uwservice.wisconsin.edu/calendars-schedules/legal-holidays/
- UW–Madison Paid Leave information: https://hr.wisc.edu/benefits/leave/paid-leave/.