»Staff Holiday Schedule

The staff holiday schedule below will be observed by both the Orange and Rinker campuses.

Additionally, one Personal Holiday is provided each calendar year, to be chosen by each employee with their supervisor’s approval.

All early releases also require supervisor approval.

Chapman Holiday Table
Holiday Dates Observed by Chapman Early Release
Labor Day Monday, September 7, 2026 Friday, September 4, 2026 – 3 p.m.
Thanksgiving (Extended) Thursday–Friday, November 26–27, 2026 Wednesday, November 25, 2026 – 3 p.m.
Winter Break Thursday, December 24, 2026–Friday, January 1, 2027 Wednesday, December 23, 2026 – 12 p.m.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Monday, January 18, 2027 Friday, January 15, 2027 – 3 p.m.
Day of Service Friday, March 26, 2027 Thursday, March 25, 2027 – 3 p.m.
Memorial Day Monday, May 31, 2027 Friday, May 28, 2027 – 3 p.m.
Juneteenth Friday, June 18, 2027 Thursday, June 17, 2027 – 3 p.m.
Independence Day (Extended) Friday, July 2–Monday, July 5, 2027 Thursday, July 1, 2027 – 3 p.m.

Chapman University reserves the right to modify the holiday schedule as appropriate.
 
Holiday pay for employees with a regular schedule of less than 40 hours per week will be prorated based on their regular work schedule as follows:
  • Employees with a regular schedule of 30 or more hours but less than 40 hours per week will be paid six (6) hours of holiday pay for all of the holidays listed
  • Employees with a regular schedule of 20 or more hours but less than 30 hours per week will be paid four (4) hours of holiday pay for all of the holidays listed above.
Temporary employees, student employees and employees scheduled to work less than 20 hours per week are not eligible for holiday pay.
 
The following applies to all scheduled holidays (except for the Extended Independence Day Holidays): staff employees who are either required or requested by the University to work on a scheduled holiday will be paid regular wages for all hours worked, plus any holiday pay for which they are eligible. Should a holiday occur on a staff employee's regular day off, that day off will be paid as a holiday.
 
Exclusively for the Extended Independence Day Holidays, the following applies: staff employees who are either required or requested by the University to work on the Extended Independence Day Holidays have two options: (1) work on the extended holiday(s) and receive regular wages for all hours worked, plus any holiday pay for which they are eligible; OR (2) defer the extended holiday(s) to another selected day as approved by the department head. The election form must be submitted to payroll by the Wednesday prior to the holiday you wish to defer. You may take the deferred holiday no earlier than the first day of the pay period the holiday falls in and no later than the last working day prior to winter break of the same calendar year.
 
In the event that an employee is absent from work unexpectedly on the last scheduled workday before and/or the first scheduled workday after a holiday, the employee’s supervisor will, in consultation with Human Resources, determine if supporting documentation is necessary in order for the employee to receive holiday pay. An employee who is unexpectedly absent from work on the day before and/or on the day after a holiday is not automatically ineligible for holiday pay.