Regular employees employed 20 hours or more per week for a continuous period of not less than five months are eligible for paid holiday leave.

The University of Arizona observes ten holidays each year, as designated by the President and approved by the Board of Regents. To receive compensation for a holiday, an employee must be at work or on an approved leave with pay on the normal work days preceding and following the holiday.

Holidays falling within an annual leave period are treated as holidays and therefore not charged to annual leave. Employees are only eligible to receive holiday pay during the period of their employment contract.

Employees who cannot be excused from their duties on a holiday will be granted another day off during the same or following work week for each holiday on which they worked.