shrm 2013-holiday-schedules

SHRM Survey Findings: 2013 Holiday Schedules

October 22, 2012

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• Which 2013 holidays will most organizations observe? The 2013 holidays that most (90% or more) organizations will observe are:

• New Year’s Day (Tuesday, January 1)• Memorial Day (Monday, May 27) • Independence Day (Thursday, July 4)• Labor Day (Monday, September 2)• Thanksgiving Day (Thursday, November 28)• Christmas Day (Wednesday, December 25)

• Which religious holidays in 2013 will most organizations observe? Overall, few organizations will be completely closed on religious holidays other than Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Forty-five percent of organizations will be closed on Christmas Eve and 99% of organizations will be closed on Christmas Day. The next most popular religious holiday is Good Friday: 21% of organizations reported their offices will be closed on Good Friday.

Many companies, in lieu of structuring their holiday calendar around specific religious holidays, encourage their employees to observe days of religious or other special significance through paid time off (PTO), accrued vacation, personal leave or floating holidays. According to SHRM’s 2012 Employee Benefits research report, 51% of organizations provide a PTO plan, 43% provide a stand-alone paid vacation plan, 40% offer paid floating holidays and 26% provide paid personal days.

• What percentage or organizations will be closed between Christmas and New Year’s Day? Overall, 12% percent of organizations reported their offices will be completely closed during this time period.

Key Findings

SHRM Survey Findings: 2013 Holiday Schedules©SHRM 2012

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2013 Holidays Organizations Plan to Observe

2013 Holiday ClosedClose Early

Remain Open

Tuesday, January 1 (New Year’s Day) 96% * 4%

Monday, January 21 (Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday)

34% * 65%

Wednesday, February 13 (Ash Wednesday) * * 99%

Monday, February 18 (President’s Day) 36% * 64%

Tuesday, March 26 (beginning of Passover) 1% 0% 99%

Friday, March 29 (Good Friday) 21% 6% 73%

Monday, April 1 (end of Passover) 1% 0% 99%

Wednesday, May 15 (Shavuot) * 0% 100%

Monday, May 27 (Memorial Day) 95% 1% 5%

Thursday, July 4 (Independence Day) 94% 1% 5%

Friday, July 5 (day after Independence Day) 11% 1% 88%Note: n = 565 – 573. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding. An asterisk (*) indicates < 1%.


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2013 Holidays Organizations Plan to Observe (continued)


Remain Open

Tuesday, July 9 (beginning of Ramadan) * 0% 100%

Wednesday, August 7 (end of Ramadan) 0% 0% 100%

Monday, September 2 (Labor Day) 94% 1% 5%

Thursday, September 5 (1st day of Rosh Hashanah) 1% 0% 99%

Friday, September 6 (2nd day of Rosh Hashanah) * * 99%

Friday, September 13 (evening of Yom Kippur) * * 99%

Monday, October 14 (Columbus Day) 15% * 85%

Tuesday, October 15 (Eid al-Adha/Festival of Sacrifice)

* 0% 100%

Monday, November 11 (Veterans Day) 20% * 80%

Wednesday, November 27 (Day before Thanksgiving)

8% 13% 79%

Thursday, November 28 (Thanksgiving day) 99% * 1%Note: n = 565 – 573. An asterisk (*) indicates < 1%.


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2013 Holidays Organizations Plan to Observe (continued)


Remain Open

Friday, November 29 (day after Thanksgiving day) 71% 2% 27%

Thursday, December 5 (last day of Chanukah) 0% * 100%

Tuesday, December 24 (Christmas Eve) 45% 24% 31%

Wednesday, December 25 (Christmas Day) 99% * 1%

Thursday, December 26 (day after Christmas) 19% 1% 80%

Tuesday, December 31 (New Year’s Eve) 31% 19% 49%

Days between Christmas and New Year’s Day 12% 0% 88%

Note: n = 565 – 573. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding. An asterisk (*) indicates < 1%.


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2013 Holidays Organizations Plan to Observe (by U.S. Federal Holidays)

2013 Federal Holiday ClosedClose Early

Remain Open

Tuesday, January 1 (New Year’s Day) 96% * 4%

Monday, January 21 (Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday)

34% * 65%

Monday, February 18 (President’s Day) 36% * 64%

Monday, May 27 (Memorial Day) 95% 1% 5%

Thursday, July 4 (Independence Day) 94% 1% 5%

Monday, September 2 (Labor Day) 94% 1% 5%

Monday, October 14 (Columbus Day) 15% * 85%

Monday, November 11 (Veterans Day) 20% * 80%

Thursday, November 28 (Thanksgiving Day) 99% * 1%




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2013 Holidays Organizations Plan to Observe (by Religious Holidays)

2013 Religious Holiday ClosedClose Early

Remain Open

Wednesday, February 13 (Ash Wednesday) * * 99%

Tuesday, March 26 (beginning of Passover) 1% 0% 99%

Friday, March 29 (Good Friday) 21% 6% 73%

Monday, April 1 (end of Passover) 1% 0% 99%

Wednesday, May 15 (Shavuot) * 0% 100%

Tuesday, July 9 (beginning of Ramadan) * 0% 100%

Wednesday, August 7 (end of Ramadan) 0% 0% 100%

Thursday, September 5 (1st day of Rosh Hashanah) 1% 0% 99%

Friday, September 6 (2nd day of Rosh Hashanah) * * 99%

Friday, September 13 (evening of Yom Kippur) * * 99%

Tuesday, October 15 (Eid al-Adha/Festival of Sacrifice)

* 0% 100%



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2013 Holidays Organizations Plan to Observe (by Religious Holidays continued)

2013 Religious Holiday ClosedClose Early

Remain Open

Thursday, December 5 (Last day of Chanukah) 0% * 100%

Tuesday, December 24 (Christmas Eve) 45% 24% 31%


Note: n = 565 – 573. An asterisk (*) indicates < 1%.


Offices closed

Offices close early

Offices remain open

92%

1%

6%

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Looking ahead to 2014, will your organization’s offices be closed, close early or remain open on Wednesday, January 1, 2014 (New Year’s Day)?

Note: n = 570. Percentages do not total 100% due to rounding.


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Demographics

1-99 employees

100-499 employees

500-2,499 employees

2,500-24,999 employees

25,000 or more employees

31%

38%

19%

10%

3%

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Demographics: Organization Size

Note: n = 573. Percentages do not total 100% due to rounding.


Privately owned for-profit organization

Publicly owned for-profit organization

Nonprofit organization

Government agency

54%

20%

19%

7%

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Demographics: Organization Profit Status

n = 573


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Demographics: Organization Industry

Note: n = 573. Percentages do not equal 100% due to multiple response options.

Percentage

Professional, scientific and technical services 19%

Manufacturing 18%

Health care and social assistance 17%

Finance and insurance 12%

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

11%

Educational services 10%

Accommodation and food services 7%

Transportation and warehousing 7%

Information 6%

Retail trade 5%

Government agencies 5%

Wholesale trade 5%


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Demographics: Organization Industry (continued)

Note: n = 573. Percentages do not equal 100% due to multiple response options.

Percentage

Construction 4%

Utilities 4%

Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional and similar organizations 3%

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 2%

Arts, entertainment and recreation 2%

Mining 2%

Real estate and rental and leasing 2%

Repair and maintenance 2%

Personal and laundry services 1%


Midwest

South

West

Northeast

36%

26%

20%

18%

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Demographics: Region

n = 573


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• Response rate = 14%

• 573 HR professional respondents from a randomly selected sample of SHRM’s membership participated in this survey.

• Margin of error +/- 4%

• Survey fielded May 25-July 22, 2012

Survey Methodology


Project leaders:Shawn Fegley, survey research analyst, SHRM ResearchJustina Victor, survey research analyst, SHRM Research

Project contributors:Mark Schmit, Ph.D., SPHR, vice president, SHRM ResearchEvren Esen, manager, SHRM Research

Copy editor:Katya Scanlan, copy editor, SHRM Knowledge Center

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