{"id":50,"date":"2025-09-05T13:57:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T20:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/time-absence\/?page_id=50"},"modified":"2026-03-25T15:28:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T22:28:38","slug":"calendar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/time-absence\/holidays\/calendar\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Below are the dates for the University&#8217;s eleven scheduled holidays. If a holiday falls on a Saturday, it is observed the preceding Friday. If it falls on a Sunday, it is observed the following Monday. (This day change does not apply to medical center classified employees who work schedules that normally include holidays as part of 24 hours a day, seven days a week staffing or work in a clinic that is open on weekends.)<\/p>\n<h4>2026 holiday schedule<\/h4>\n<table class=\"table-striped table-sm\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Holiday<\/th>\n<th>Date observed<\/th>\n<th>Day of week<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>New Year&#8217;s Day<\/td>\n<td>1\/1\/26<\/td>\n<td>Thursday<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Martin Luther King Jr. Day<\/td>\n<td>1\/19\/26<\/td>\n<td>Monday<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Presidents Day<\/td>\n<td>2\/16\/26<\/td>\n<td>Monday<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Memorial Day<\/td>\n<td>5\/25\/26<\/td>\n<td>Monday<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Juneteenth<\/td>\n<td>6\/19\/26<\/td>\n<td>Friday<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Independence Day<\/td>\n<td>7\/3\/26<\/td>\n<td>Friday<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Labor Day<\/td>\n<td>9\/7\/26<\/td>\n<td>Monday<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Veterans Day<\/td>\n<td>11\/11\/26<\/td>\n<td>Wednesday<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Thanksgiving Day<\/td>\n<td>11\/26\/26<\/td>\n<td>Thursday<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Native American Heritage Day<\/td>\n<td>11\/27\/26<\/td>\n<td>Friday<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Christmas Day<\/td>\n<td>12\/25\/26<\/td>\n<td>Friday<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4>2027 holiday schedule<\/h4>\n<table class=\"table-striped table-sm\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Holiday<\/th>\n<th>Date observed<\/th>\n<th>Day of week<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>New Year&#8217;s Day<\/td>\n<td>1\/1\/27<\/td>\n<td>Friday<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Martin Luther King Jr. Day<\/td>\n<td>1\/18\/27<\/td>\n<td>Monday<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Presidents Day<\/td>\n<td>2\/15\/27<\/td>\n<td>Monday<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Memorial Day<\/td>\n<td>5\/31\/27<\/td>\n<td>Monday<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Juneteenth<\/td>\n<td>6\/18\/27<\/td>\n<td>Friday<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Independence Day<\/td>\n<td>7\/5\/27<\/td>\n<td>Monday<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Labor Day<\/td>\n<td>9\/6\/27<\/td>\n<td>Monday<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Veterans Day<\/td>\n<td>11\/11\/27<\/td>\n<td>Thursday<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Thanksgiving Day<\/td>\n<td>11\/25\/27<\/td>\n<td>Thursday<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Native American Heritage Day<\/td>\n<td>11\/26\/27<\/td>\n<td>Friday<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Christmas Day<\/td>\n<td>12\/24\/27<\/td>\n<td>Friday<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Staff and academic student employees must account for use of paid holidays in Workday (or UW Medicine Timekeeping for medical centers employees). 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