1©SHRM 2007 SHRM Weekly Online Survey: October 16, 2007

2008 Holiday Schedule

• Sample comprised of 542 randomly selected HR professionals.

• Analyzing 542 responses of 2,885 emails sent, 2,726 emails were received (response rate = 20%).

• Survey fielded October 16 – October 23, 2007; presentation generated on November 14, 2007.

• Margin of error is +/- 5%.

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2008 Holidays Organizations Plan to Observe

2008 Holidays Offices closedOffices close early

Offices remain open

Tuesday, January 1 (New Year's Day) 98% 0% 2%

Monday, January 21 (Martin Luther King Jr's birthday) 36% 0% 65%

Monday, February 18 (Presidents' Day) 35% 0% 65%

Friday, March 21 (Good Friday) 27% 7% 66%

Monday, March 24 (Easter Monday) 5% 1% 95%

Monday, May 26 (Memorial Day) 96% 0% 4%

Thursday, July 3 7% 11% 82%

Friday, July 4 (Independence Day) 97% 1% 3%

Monday, September 1 (Labor Day) 96% 0% 4%

Monday, October 13 (Columbus Day) 15% 0% 85%

Tuesday, November 11 (Veterans Day) 19% 0% 81%

Wednesday, November 26 3% 17% 79%

Thursday, November 27 (Thanksgiving Day) 98% 0% 2%

Friday, November 28 74% 1% 26%

Wednesday, December 24 34% 34% 33%

Thursday, December 25 (Christmas Day) 99% 0% 2%

Friday, December 26 37% 1% 63%

Wednesday, December 31 20% 25% 55%

Week between Christmas and New Year's day 14% 1% 85%

Note: Percentages do not total 100% due to rounding.

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Other Days in 2008 Organizations Plan to Observe as Holidays by Closing Their Offices

• Friday before Labor Day office closed• Lincoln's Birthday - closed• On the Friday before any holiday that creates a three-day weekend, the office closes at noon.• Accountants Holiday (CPA firm) April 16• Monday, July 7• One "Spring Break" day instead of Good Friday• Company Anniversary (April 5)• Rosh Hashana (1st day) & Yom Kippur closed• Rosh Hashanah (2 days), Yom Kippur (1 day), Passover (2 days)• Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur• Pioneer Day July 24th• Fiesta Friday (San Antonio TX) in April• The Friday of the Academic Spring Holiday - 3rd Friday in March• Election Day office closed• April 21 is Patriots Day (the office is closed not because it is Good Friday). This year we were given bonus holidays

- December 26th and 31st.• Mardi Gras• Office is open only half days for November 26, December 24 and December 31.• 1 executive holiday to be used during the week before or between Christmas and New Years; 2 personal holidays

1-5 years; 3 days 5+ years• Floating Holiday chosen by Corporate (usually Christmas Eve or day after Christmas)• Election Days (May 13, Nov. 4 we are a government employer)• Pioneer Day - July 24 - State Holiday• Election Day - Tuesday, November 4 Victory Day - Monday, August 11th• 11 paid days off taken at employee's discretion as personal days -- office remains open for all "holidays"• April 21st, Patriot's Day (Massachusetts)• Catholic Holydays if they fall on a weekday.• San Jacinto Day, April 21 Emancipation Day, June 19 LBJ's Birthday, August 27• Monday, December 1 (First Day of Hunting)• Nevada Day - last Friday in October• Good Thursday, and July 25 (Constitution of Puerto Rico)