What is the difference between the one personal holiday that C/S receives compared to the three personal business days available to A/P staff?
A. The 3 personal business days for the faculty/AP are not the same as a personal holiday for C/S. They are granted only at the discretion of the department head – not an entitlement like the personal holiday. Sometime in 1965 (we believe), when CSSAC was meeting, the committee was successful in getting the administration to provide clerical and service employees with an ‘extra’ day off, perhaps so employees could celebrate their birthdays and not have to work, or have to use a day of vacation. This day became a flexible day off and became known as a personal holiday. We don’t know when this came about, but it was decided that since 10-month faculty did not accrue vacation, there may be times when it would be necessary for a faculty member to conduct business outside the normal working hours of 8:00-5:00. So someone (we don’t know who) decided to provide three personal business days to 10-month faculty for purposes of conducting personal business such as legal matters, financial matter
