Campus Holiday Schedules

CU Anschutz

Fiscal Year 2022-23	Fiscal Year 2023-24
July 4, 2022	July 4, 2023
September 5, 2022	September 4, 2023
November 24, 2022	November 23, 2023
November 25, 2022	November 24, 2023
December 26, 2022*	December 22, 2023
December 27, 2022	December 25, 2023
December 28, 2022**	January 1, 2024
December 29, 2022**	January 15, 2024
December 30, 2022	February 19, 2024
January 2, 2023**	May 27, 2024
January 16, 2023
February 20, 2023
May 29, 2023

* Holiday falls on a weekend. Holiday is observed on the business day indicated.

** These are revised dates for the CU Anschutz Medical Campus as per Chancellor Elliman’s communications.

When entering time, employees should not select the earn code HOL for December 28, 29, and January 2. Instead, most employees will record these three dates as Administrative Leave.

Essential personnel and those employees with clinical responsibilities and other critical functions requiring them to be on campus during that week will receive equivalent administrative and holiday leave to take at a more convenient time, in coordination with their supervisor, prior to the end of the fiscal year on June 30, 2023.

Juneteenth Personal Observance Day
(CU Denver & Anschutz Medical Campuses)

For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, eligible faculty and staff will have an additional holiday to use as a paid personal day of observance, which may be used in observance of Juneteenth or on another day of the employee’s choosing. Eligible employees may use this day with their supervisor’s approval any time before December 31, 2022.

In the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, employees may use their personal observance day before June 30, 2023.

Downloadable Calendars & FAQs

Important Notes

Denver Campus: Holidays observed by units specifically serving the Denver campus and its schools and colleges.

Anschutz Medical Campus: Holidays observed by units specifically serving the Anschutz Medical Campus and its schools and colleges. If employees have critical clinical, research, teaching, or other responsibilities that require they work a given holiday, they will be given an alternative day off.

Consolidated Units: Consolidated units serving both campuses remain open on campus-specific holidays. Each employee will request either the Denver Campus or Anschutz Medical Campus holiday schedule for the fiscal year. Typically, if the employee has a primary campus, they select that campus holiday schedule. Employees should indicate their holiday schedule in the Employee Portal under: My Info and Pay > My Leave > Preferences > Holiday Schedule.

For more information and guidance on administering holiday leave, reference Administrative Policy Statement 4018: Holidays.

CU Anschutz Medical Campus Chancellor's Holiday Closure FAQs

As with any Holiday Leave, holidays are pro-rated for less than 1.0 FTE’s (40 hours/week).

This means that all work and classes (on-site or remote) on the CU Anschutz Medical campus is suspended from end of business on Friday, December 23, through Friday, December 30. In addition, Chancellor Elliman made the decision to grant January 2 as an additional day of leave after Governor Polis authorized an extra 8 hours of holiday leave for state employees. See the following FAQ “How time will be recorded?” for how to enter time for this day. However, essential employees with clinical responsibilities and other critical functions may be required to be on campus during the Holiday Closure.

You are considered essential if you work in any University of Colorado Hospital or Children’s Hospital Colorado space during this period, and/or are responsible for patient care and clinical operations in another site of practice that are unable to close or if you have received an essential personnel card or it has been designated in your offer letter (i.e., facilities, police, etc.). You may choose alternate days before 6/30/2023 with your supervisors’ approval. If you are unsure if your position is considered essential, you can ask your supervisor or HR business partner.

The additional time should only be recorded in PeopleSoft HCM / My.Leave.

The 28th and 29th of December should be recorded as “Administrative Leave” for with a note: “Holiday Closure” in the description field.
The 26th, 27th, and 30th of December will be updated to official holidays on your MyLeave and should not require any additional entry on the employee’s behalf.
The 2nd of January should be recorded as “Administrative Leave” with a note “Holiday Closure” in the description field.

If you work on the CU Anschutz Medical Campus, you must use the time between December 26, 2022 – January 2, 2023. If you work in any University of Colorado Hospital or Children’s Hospital Colorado space during this period, are responsible for patient care and clinical operations in another site of practice, or you are designated as essential personnel, you may choose alternate days before 6/30/2023 with your supervisors’ approval.

Yes, if you work on the CU Anschutz Medical Campus and have not used your FY21-22 personal observance day you have until December 31, 2022, to do so. Eligible employees also have a personal observance day for FY22-23. If you have not used your personal observance day for fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, you may do so before June 30, 2023. Please note that the use of this day requires prior approval from your supervisor.

Essential employees will work with their supervisors to schedule the additional paid time off that is most effective for operations and scheduling. They will have until June 30, 2023, to use this additional time off. Additional time off will be counted toward overtime for those that are designated as essential staff.

The employee receives the day (eight hours of additional holiday leave) off, but must either be charged vacation for the hours normally worked that day over eight hours, work the extra time another day of the same week, or revert to a schedule of eight hours a day for the five days of that week, or be docked for those unpaid hours of time.

Yes. Additional holiday leave is given during this time. If the employee is on paid status and on FMLA the department will still track the hours used for FMLA during additional holiday leave. If the employee is using their 160 hours of University Paid Parental leave the additional holiday leave will not count against their balance at that time.

Appointing authorities (CU Anschutz Chancellor) may designate alternative holiday schedules for the fiscal year. Classified employee will receive the equivalent of the full complement of holidays for the 2022-23 fiscal year and beyond. Employees who are required to work on any of the State observed holidays shall be granted an alternate day off in the same fiscal year.

Holiday Pay for Observed Holiday Not Worked
Employees shall receive 8 hours (prorated for permanent part-time employees) of paid holiday leave at their regular base rate of pay for each State observed holiday (or campus designated alternate holiday) not worked. Employees on short-term or long-term disability at the time of a holiday will continue to be paid through the disability benefit. There is no additional holiday pay.
Holiday Pay for Observed Holiday Worked (non-exempt employees)
Unless the employee requests an alternate holiday to observe, that employee shall be paid premium pay equal to 1.5x their regular base rate of pay or corresponding compensatory time for all hours worked on that State observed (or campus designated alternate holiday).

Who can I contact with additional questions?

If you have any questions, please reach first out to your school/college/administrative unit HR Business Partner; some campus units use tools other than My Leave to record time and leave, so they are your first source for questions on leave entry.

The School of Medicine HR Team can answer further questions not captured here at:

SOM.HR@ucdenver.edu.

The Employee Relations Team can answer further questions not captured here at:

ERP.Communications@cuanschutz.edu.

The HR Operations Team can answer further questions not captured here at:

Human.Resources@cuanschutz.edu.

Please note the holiday calendar varies from year to year. Information pertaining to FY23-24 will be made available at a later date.

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Campus Holiday Schedules

Juneteenth Personal Observance Day
(CU Denver & Anschutz Medical Campuses)

Downloadable Calendars & FAQs

CU Anschutz Medical Campus Chancellor's Holiday Closure FAQs

Who can I contact with additional questions?

Human Resources

Campus Holiday Schedules

Juneteenth Personal Observance Day(CU Denver & Anschutz Medical Campuses)

Downloadable Calendars & FAQs

CU Anschutz Medical Campus Chancellor's Holiday Closure FAQs

What does the campus closure mean?

How do I know if I am considered essential personnel?

Who will receive the additional holiday leave?

I am a working retiree, do I receive the additional holiday leave?

Are temporary employees (including student workers) eligible for the additional holiday leave?

I am a monthly/hourly employee, do I receive the additional paid leave time?

If I already have approved vacation time during this time, how will it work?

How will time be recorded?

I am on the CU Anschutz schedule using My.Leave, how do I enter the additional time?

When must the additional time be used?

Can I start my unit's holiday closure leave prior to close of business on December 23?

I am on the CU Denver schedule, am I eligible for the additional Holidays?

I work in a Consolidated Unit and using My.Leave, is there anything I need to do?

I use a different time keeping system than My.Leave, how do I enter the additional holiday leave time?

If I did not use my personal observance day for FY 2021-22 Juneteenth, can I use it now as an additional day off over the holidays?

Will I see this additional holiday leave on my paystub?

If I am unable to take this additional time, what happens?

Is there an eligibility date for new hires to receive the hours of paid time?

How does this affect essential employees?

Does an employee who terminates during the month receive the additional holiday leave (prorated for part-time employees)?

How is additional holiday leave applied when it falls on the scheduled work day of an employee who works a flextime schedule of more than eight hours a day?

Do employees out on paid FMLA, parental leave, family medical or injury leave receive the additional holiday leave?

Do employees on unpaid leave in the entire month in which the additional holiday leave days are observed receive the hours?

Do employees with unpaid leave during the month (not the whole month) in which the additional holiday leave days are observed receive the hours (prorated for part-time employees) of additional holiday leave?

Do employees out on short-term disability receive the additional holiday leave?

How will this impact classified employees?

Who can I contact with additional questions?

Human Resources

Juneteenth Personal Observance Day
(CU Denver & Anschutz Medical Campuses)