University Holiday and Closings Schedule

2025

Personnel required for emergency, security and special purposes will be asked to remain on duty according to established schedules.

Mandatory Leave (ML) Days for RBHS Staff

In order to remain consistent with legacy Rutgers policies and negotiated agreements, the guidelines below should be followed for RBHS (legacy UMDNJ) staff employees:

• The university will designate four Mandatory Leave (ML) days annually (usually designated for the end of the winter holiday season).
• The university may designate which facilities or work units that provide essential services will not be closed during the observation of Mandatory Leave days. Employees who provide essential services to the university will have an opportunity to take their Mandatory Leave days at a different time during the year.
• Mandatory Leave days are not cumulative and must be used prior to the end of the fiscal year or forfeited.
• Mandatory Leave days are not eligible for payout upon separation from the university.

Guideline for RBHS Faculty

Because paid time off, university holidays and float holidays are all negotiated benefits, the following stipulations pertain to RBHS faculty members in the AAUP-AFT who were formerly represented by the AAUP-BHSNJ:

• Faculty unit members at .50 FTE and above shall be allowed four (4) float holidays, to be scheduled in conjunction with department Chairs or a designee of the Dean of the School of Nursing. Float holidays for faculty unit members at .10 FTE and above but less than .50 FTE shall be pro-rated based on FTE and subject to the same scheduling requirements as those above .50 FTE.
• Negotiations unit members with 1.0 FTE shall be entitled to the following holidays:
  • New Year’s Day
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day
  • Memorial Day
  • Juneteenth
  • Independence Day
  • Labor Day
  • Thanksgiving Day
  • The day after Thanksgiving
  • Christmas Day
• Negotiations unit members with a FTE below 1.0 shall be entitled to these holidays to the extent the holiday falls on the member’s regularly scheduled work day.

Additional Resources

For additional information, please visit the legacy UMDNJ holiday policy.