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EIU EMPLOYEE 2023 SUMMER HOURS

For several years, Eastern Illinois University has used a 4.5-day summer workweek for many areas on campus to promote energy efficiency.

For this summer, the administration again asks employees, whose work assignments allow, to compress their normal five-day workweek into a 4.5-day workweek. Please be sure to turn off computers, lights, and personal air conditioning units if you have them to help improve our energy efficiency.

Campus-wide summer office hours will be in effect from Monday, May 8, through Friday, August 11, excluding the holiday weeks of Tuesday, May 30, through Friday, June 2, Tuesday, June 20 through Friday, June 23, and Monday, July 3, through Friday, July 7.

When summer office hours are in effect, all offices must be open Monday through Thursday between 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4:30 p.m. and on Friday from 8 a.m. until noon. 

Due to ongoing operational needs, offices including, but not limited to, University Police, Booth Library, and the Renewable Energy Center, will keep regular business hours and remain open on Friday afternoons.

Holidays will be observed on Monday, May 29, for Memorial Day, Monday, June 19 for Juneteenth, and Tuesday, July 4, for Independence Day. For the holiday weeks of May 30 - June 2, June 20 – June 23, and July 3, 5, 6 and 7, all offices must be open for regular business hours from 8 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 4:30 p.m.

Classes scheduled to meet on Friday afternoons will be relocated to buildings where the air conditioning will remain on.

Employees are to work with supervisors to ensure that a 37.5-hour workweek is accomplished. Each office is to change voice mail, signs, and other public communication to reflect its summer hours. Regular business hours will resume on Monday, Aug. 14.

If you need to complete your flex schedule, please visit webappsprod.eiu.edu/flexschedules/login,  This link allows you to complete a request, obtain supervisor approval, and finally submit it to Benefits for final approval. 

Questions may be directed to Human Resources at benefits@eiu.edu or by calling 217-581-5825.

Thank You!