{"id":22432,"date":"2021-12-03T15:22:29","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T23:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/?page_id=22432"},"modified":"2025-11-06T15:38:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T23:38:45","slug":"bppm-60-76","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/index\/manuals\/business-policies-and-procedures-manual\/bppm-60-76\/","title":{"rendered":"60.76 WSU Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

University Policies and Procedures Manual (previously Business Policies and Procedures Manual)<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

WSU Holidays<\/h2>\n\n\n
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UPPM 60.76<\/strong><\/p>\n

For more information contact:<\/strong>
   Human Resource Services
   509-335-4521<\/p>\n

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Overview<\/h3>\n

A holiday is a day when all University offices and departments on a WSU campus are closed except for certain essential service units.<\/p>\n

The University provides eleven holidays each fiscal year for classified staff, annual faculty, and annual administrative and professional employees.<\/p>\n

Statutory Holidays<\/h3>\n

State law designates the following as legal holidays. (RCW 1.16.050<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
New Year’s Day<\/td>\nJanuary 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday<\/td>\nThird Monday in January<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
President’s Day<\/td>\nThird Monday in February<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Memorial Day<\/td>\nLast Monday in May<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Juneteenth<\/td>\nJune 19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Independence Day<\/td>\nJuly 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Labor Day<\/td>\nFirst Monday in September<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Veterans’ Day<\/td>\nNovember 11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thanksgiving<\/td>\nFourth Thursday in November<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Native American Heritage Day<\/td>\nFourth Friday in November<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Christmas<\/td>\nDecember 25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Alternate Days<\/h4>\n

Sometimes a holiday is not observed on the statutory date.<\/p>\n