1. © 2004 SHRM SHRM Weekly Online Survey: November 30, 2004 2005 Holidays Sample comprised of 359 randomly selected HR professionals. Analyzing 359 out of 2081 emails sent; 2013 received (response rate = 17%) Survey fielded November 30 – December 6, 2004; presentation generated on December 7, 2004. Margin of error is +/- 5.0%

2. © 2004 SHRM SHRM Weekly Online Survey: November 30, 2004 1. In 2005, which of the following holidays will your organization observe by closing its offices? Note: 4% of HR professionals indicated that their organizations would not close for any holidays in 2005; 8% indicated that they followed the U.S. Government’s holiday schedule.

3. © 2004 SHRM SHRM Weekly Online Survey: November 30, 2004 1. In 2005, which of the following holidays will your organization observe by closing its offices? ChoiceCountPercentage Answered Thanksgiving Day30899.0% Christmas Day29996.1% New Year’s Day29895.8% Memorial Day29594.9% Independence Day29494.5% Labor Day29494.5% Day after Thanksgiving22973.6% Day before Christmas12038.6% Good Friday9731.2% President’s Day9229.6% Birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. 8427.0% Veterans Day4815.4% Columbus Day309.6% U.S. President Inauguration Day31.0% Floating Holidays165.1% Other7925.4%

4. © 2004 SHRM SHRM Weekly Online Survey: November 30, 2004 Responses to the “Other” please specify option for Question 1:

5. © 2004 SHRM SHRM Weekly Online Survey: November 30, 2004 Responses to the “Other” please specify option for Question 1 (Con’t): Employee get birthday off as a holiday Friday before July 4th w/e and Friday before Labor Day July 25 (Only on Puerto Rico) Local Liberation Day Mardi Gras (Louisiana based office) Monday after Easter, Friday before Memorial Day and Day after Christmas New Year's Eve New Year's Eve & 1/2 day on Good Friday New Year's Eve Day New Year's Holiday on December 30th New Years Eve New Years Eve 1/2 day New Years Eve Day, Employee Birthday + one floating holiday New Years Eve day. Also employee birthday is a holiday. Only veterans in our company take off Veterans Day Passover Patriot's Day Shutdown between Christmas Day and January 2nd The week between Christmas and New Year's Day. Three Kings Day, Good Thursday, Election Day when applicable. VJ Day We are a college, so we take most of our holidays between Christmas and New Years We shut down the week between Christmas and New Years Week between Christmas and New Years

6. © 2004 SHRM SHRM Weekly Online Survey: November 30, 2004 2. When a scheduled holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, what is the practice of your organization? ChoiceCountPercent of Sample If the holiday falls on a Saturday, we are closed the Friday before (offices open only on weekdays) 16649% If the holiday falls on a Sunday, we are closed the following Monday (offices open only on weekdays) 9628% If a holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, we do not take that holiday during the week (offices open only on weekdays) 206% If a holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, we provide an alternate floating holiday (offices open only on weekdays) 4814% If a holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, we are closed that day (offices open 6 or 7 days a week) 93%