Home - Holiday Schedule
Listed below is the University of Maine System official holiday schedule. Any future announcement from Human Resources about a particular holiday will be based on this schedule.
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2013 Holidays
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Day/Date
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Day/Date Allowed**
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Thursday, July 4
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Thursday, July 4
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Labor Day*
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Monday, September 2
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Monday, September 2
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Columbus Day
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Monday, October 14
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Monday, October 14
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Veterans’ Day
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Monday, November 11
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Monday, November 11
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Thanksgiving Day*
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Thursday, November 28
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Thursday, November 28
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Day after Thanksgiving Day*
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Friday, November 29
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Friday, November 29
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Christmas Day*
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Wednesday, December 25
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Wednesday, December 25
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2014 Holidays
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Day/Date
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Day/Date Allowed**
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New Year’s Day*
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Wednesday, January 1
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Wednesday, January 1
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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Monday, January 20
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Monday, January 20
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President’s Day
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Monday, February 17
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Monday, February 17
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Patriot’s Day
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Monday, April 21
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Monday, April 21
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Memorial Day*
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Monday, May 26
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Monday, May 26
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* Premium holiday pay; refer to appropriate collective bargaining agreements or employee handbooks.
** Employees represented by collective bargaining agents will be governed by provisions of their collective bargaining agreement.
In addition to University recognized holidays, it is important to accommodate the observance of various religious traditions for those staff who need to be absent for religious holidays throughout the year.
For planning purposes, please note the following important religious holidays:
- Good Friday, the Friday before Easter Sunday, falls on April 18, 2014.
- Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) begins at sundown on September 4, 2013 and continues through sundown on September 6, 2013.
- Yom Kippur (Jewish, The Day of Atonement) begins at sundown on September 13, 2013 and concludes at sundown September 14, 2013.
- Ramadan (Islamic, month-long fast) starts at sundown on July 9, 2013 and concludes with the start of the three day holiday of Eid al-Fitr on August 8, 2013.
- Eid al-adha, (a four-day Islamic holiday) starts October 15, 2013.