REGULATION TITLE: Holidays
APPLIES TO: Faculty Staff
ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY: Office of Human Resources
APPROVED BY: President Koffi C. Akakpo
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 21, 2025
NEXT REVIEW DATE: July 21, 2027
Kentucky State University (KSU) provides paid holidays to eligible employees in observation of designated state and federal holidays and to provide institutional breaks. This regulation outlines official holidays observed by KSU and the procedures for holiday pay.
Full-time employees are employees who are continuously assigned to work a minimum of 37.5 hours per week 40 hours where entire units or offices remain open, such as Physical Plant, Public Safety, Information Services and Resources, and others), and who have an employment period of at least nine (9) months per year. Full-time employees are eligible to participate in all KSU-provided benefits.