2017 Holiday Schedule
Duke provides paid holidays as part of its comprehensive benefits package to support staff in their effort to balance work and family responsibilities. University and Medical Center staff who are eligible for holidays will receive 13 paid holidays per year, including designated holidays and discretionary holidays, to staff scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week. For more information regarding compensation and scheduling of holidays, please see the HR Policy Manual: Holidays.
Duke University provides 13 paid holidays to staff scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week. These holidays include both designated and discretionary holidays. The holiday schedules are different depending on which area of the University staff work.
Holidays for Staff in Academic Medical and Research Units (School of Medicine, School of Nursing, PDC)
Holiday
Day of the Week
Date
New Year's Holiday
Monday
January 2, 2017
Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
Monday
January 16, 2017
Memorial Day
Monday
May 29, 2017
Independence Day
Tuesday
July 4, 2017
Labor Day
Monday
September 4, 2017
Thanksgiving Day
Thursday
November 23, 2017
Christmas Day
Monday
December 25, 2017
The days listed above will be recognized as designated holidays. In addition, university staff in academic medical and research units who are eligible for holiday benefits and on the active payroll on the first day of the calendar months listed below will earn a discretionary holiday in each of these months:
- February
- March
- April
- June
- August
- October