2025 Holiday Schedule
| DATE | HOLIDAY |
|---|---|
| New Year's Day 2025 | Wednesday - January 1, 2025 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday | Monday - January 20, 2025 |
| Memorial Day | Monday - May 26, 2025 |
| Independence Day |
Friday - July 4, 2025 |
| Labor Day |
Monday - September 1, 2025 |
| Veterans Day |
Tuesday - November 11, 2025 |
| Presidential Holiday |
Wednesday - November 26, 2025 |
| Thanksgiving Day | Thursday - November 27, 2025 |
| Day After Thanksgiving | Friday - November 28, 2025 |
| Presidential Holiday | Wednesday - December 24, 2025 |
| Christmas Day | Thursday - December 25, 2025 |
| New Year's Day 2026 | Thursday - January 1, 2026 |
| Presidential Holiday | Friday - January 2, 2026 |
2025 Winter Break
Friday, December 26, 2025 through Wednesday, December 31, 2025
Leave Accrual
FGCU offers generous leave benefits to its benefits-eligible employees. Each employee appointed to an Administrative & Professional, Support Personnel, or Faculty position accrues leave hours each bi-weekly pay period. Accruals for part-time employees is prorated based on the appointed FTE.
Annual Leave Policy Sick Leave Policy
| Annual Hours Accrued Bi-Weekly | Sick Hours Accrued Bi-Weekly | Personal Day Accrued Each Fiscal Year (use by 6/30) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faculty 12 month | 6.77 | 4 | N/A |
| Faculty 9 month | N/A | 4 | N/A |
| Administrative & Professional (A&P) | 6.77 | 4 | N/A |
| Support Personnel | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Special Leaves
FGCU recognizes that there will be occasions when our employees will need to be away from work because of circumstances not of their own making. To facilitate this time away from work without financial harm, FGCU may provide paid leave to out-of-unity faculty, A&P and SP employees. Special leaves include Jury Duty, Paid Parental Leave, Bereavement, and Military Training.
Family Medical Leave
Family Medical Leave is a federal law that requires employers to provide employees with 12 weeks or 480 hours of job-protected leave for qualified medical and family reasons. Employees may be eligible if they have completed 12 months of employment at FGCU and worked 1,250 hours during the 12 months prior to the leave. At FGCU, Faculty, A&P, SP, and OPS employees may be eligible for leave.
For eligibility verification or to request an FMLA leave, please contact the Benefits Department at 239-590-1400 or benefitsandwellness@fgcu.edu.
Other Forms and Links
Sick Leave Pool
FGCU provides Faculty, A&P and SP employees with the ability to join the voluntary Sick Leave Pool. The pool is intended for employees who are experiencing a serious health condition. In order to be eligible to join the Sick Leave Pool, the employee has to have completed one year of service and contribute 8 hours of personal sick leave, while maintaining at least 64 hours in their leave bank. The maximum number of hours an employee can receive from the Sick Leave Pool is 640.
Other Forms
Sick Leave Request Application
Personal Leave Donations
All Faculty, A&P and SP employees may donate their personal accrued leave to another employee who is experiencing, or has an eligible family member who is experiencing a serious medical condition. An employee cannot receive more than 480 hours of donated time in any twelve-month cycle, including any hours received in the same twelve-month cycle from the sick leave pool. The Donor must maintain at minimum of 80 hours combined of annual and sick leave.
PERSONAL LEAVE DONATION POLICY
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