Holidays and Holiday Schedule

Northwestern provides paid time off to all regular full time and regular part time employees (budgeted for 20 or more hours a week) for 11 fixed holidays each calendar year.

Northwestern’s Holiday Policy is available under ‘Policies and Procedures’ at HRconnection.

*Hourly, non-faculty employees, who work on or during any University holiday, any day designated by the University president as a paid day off or anytime the University president allows University departments to close early, will receive paid hours to be used at a later date (Floating Holiday) equal to the amount of hours worked during the holiday or other designated paid time off. These paid hours must be utilized within 90 days of the holiday or other approved paid time off.