2024-2025 Academic Year Holidays*
2025–2026 Academic Year Holidays*
* 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 2025
For all non-bargaining and AFSCME employees, summer hours—including Fridays off—will begin on the Monday following Commencement and conclude on Friday, August 15, 2025. Regular work hours will resume on Monday, August 18, to prepare for the start of the new academic year.
May 19 – August 15
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.