The Friday after Thanksgiving will now be an officially recognized holiday for all School of Medicine faculty and staff.
The change will bring the medical school holiday schedule in synchrony with the rest of the University, according to Legail P. Chandler, director of the medical school’s Office of Human Resources.
All full-time faculty and staff members will be paid eight hours of pay for both Thanksgiving Day and the day after.
All part-time benefits-eligible faculty and staff members who are regularly scheduled to work will be paid on a prorated basis for Thanksgiving and the day after.
Faculty and staff who are required to work on Thanksgiving Day and/or the day after will be paid for hours worked and may receive either holiday pay or schedule another day off with pay at a later date.
School of Medicine employees will now have a total of eight paid holidays annually.
For more information, call Apryle Cotton at 362-7198 or Sandra Sledge at 362-4937.