[Ucrfacultyandstaff] 2020-21 Winter Holiday Closure

[Jorge Sanchez]

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November 13, 2019

To:       Faculty and Staff

From:   Human Resources

Re:       2020-21 Winter Holiday Closure

As in previous years, UC Riverside plans to observe a Winter Holiday Closure during the 2020-2021 holiday season. This year, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the closure will be extended to include three additional days, which will allow for a two-week closure. Similar actions are being taken at other University of California campuses.

To be clear, the extended UCR holiday closure is different from the UC Office of the President's proposed curtailment<https://insideucr.ucr.edu/announcements/2020/10/28/proposed-2020-21-expanded-curtailment-program>, which is currently under consideration.

UCR's holiday closure will not mandate leave without pay during curtailment days, and will not affect pay for ladder-rank faculty. However, pending further direction from the UC Office of the President, UCR anticipates there may be additional curtailment days between January and July 2021. This would likely include mandatory leave without pay for all staff and faculty, based on salary levels. We expect further information regarding such a program in January 2021.

The UCR campus is scheduled to close beginning Monday, December 21, 2020, and will reopen on Monday, January 4, 2021. Pursuant to Personnel Policy 2.210: Absence from Work<http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4010406> and relevant provisions of our collective bargaining agreements, the campus will observe the holidays on the following days:

Winter Holiday
Closure Dates
Actual
Holidays
Holiday Observed/
Leave Taken
Monday, December 21, 2020

Curtailment Leave
Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Curtailment Leave
Wednesday, December 23, 2020

Curtailment Leave
Thursday, December 24, 2020
Christmas Eve

Friday, December 25, 2020
Christmas Day

Saturday, December 26, 2020

N/A
Sunday, December 27, 2020

N/A
Monday, December 28, 2020

Curtailment Leave
Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Curtailment Leave
Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Curtailment Leave
Thursday, December 31, 2020
New Year's Eve

Friday, January 1, 2021
New Year's Day

Saturday, January 2, 2021

N/A
Sunday, January 3, 2021

N/A
Monday, January 4, 2021
Campus Reopens

Four University-paid holidays (December 24, 25, 31, and January 1) will be observed while the campus is closed. However, six days (December 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30) are considered curtailment leave days and are not paid holidays. Employees have the choice of the following options to cover the non-paid days during the holiday closure period


*        Employees may use vacation days in advance of their actual accrual.

*        Newly hired employees, represented and policy-covered, may use their vacation accruals before completing six (6) continuous months on pay status.

*        Employees with accrued compensatory time may elect to use it to cover the six days off or to offset the use of vacation time.

*        Employees who do not wish to use vacation or compensatory time off may request leave without pay, pending departmental approval. In this case, employees will not lose hourly vacation or sick leave accruals for these six days.

In accordance with regular procedures for scheduling vacation, employees should notify their supervisors in advance as to which option or combination of options they choose to use.

For represented employees, closure days will be processed in accordance with existing contract provisions and are subject to discussion and/or collective bargaining where applicable.

As in previous years, certain essential services will not be closed during this time period. Employees who might be expected to work should check with their supervisors for confirmation.

Researcher access to critical research facilities will continue and select research facilities requiring access will continue to be maintained by Facilities Services. In addition, grading deadlines will remain unchanged.

Comments or questions regarding application of personnel policies during the winter closure may be sent to Human Resources Policy at hrpolicy at ucr.edu<mailto:mailtohrpolicy at ucr.edu>. Comments or questions regarding application of collective bargaining agreements may be sent to Labor Relations at labor.relations at ucr.edu<mailto:ailto:labor.relations at ucr.edu>.

Visit the 2020-21 Winter Holiday Closure webpage<https://hr.ucr.edu/2020-21-winter-holiday-closure>.


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