Holiday Calendar

* To be paid for a Rider holiday, you must work or take an authorized paid day off on the scheduled workday before and after the holiday.

Floating Holidays

Non-faculty employees who are employed by the University on July 1 will receive two floating holidays (nurses receive one). New hire non-faculty employees hired between July 1 and December 31 will receive two floating holidays, except nurses who will receive one. New hire non-faculty employees hired between January 1 and May 30 will receive one floating holiday. New hire non-faculty employees hired during the month of June will not receive a floating holiday for that fiscal year. The use of floating holidays requires supervisory approval and may not be carried over into the next fiscal year.

Summer Hours 2026*

For all non-bargaining and AFSCME employees, summer hours—including Fridays off—will begin on the Monday following Commencement and conclude on Friday, August 7, 2026. Regular work hours will resume on Monday, August 10, to prepare for the start of the new academic year.

May 18 – August 7
Monday – Thursday: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Fridays: Closed

For offices that cannot close on Fridays due to operational needs, alternative scheduling arrangements may be made with supervisory approval.

*Employees who are members of the AFSCME bargaining unit will have work hours in accordance with the terms of their bargaining unit agreement.

Winter Closure 2026

Monday, December 28, 2026 through Thursday, December 31, 2026

Offices will reopen Monday, January 4, 2027.