Holidays

Holiday Observances for State Employees

All eligible classified and unclassified employees may observe the following holidays without charge to accruals:

New Year’s Day (b)
Sunday, January 1, 2023 but observed Monday, January 2, 2023

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Monday, January 16, 2023

Lincoln’s Birthday (a)
Sunday, February 12, 2023 but observed Monday, February 13, 2023

Washington’s Birthday
Monday, February 20, 2023

Memorial Day
Monday, May 29, 2023

Juneteenth
Monday, June 19, 2023

Independence Day
Tuesday, July 4, 2023

Labor Day
Monday, September 4, 2023

Columbus Day
Monday, October 9, 2023

Election Day (a)
Tuesday, November 7, 2023

Veterans' Day (c)
Saturday, November 11, 2023

Thanksgiving Day
Thursday, November 23, 2023

Christmas Day
Monday, December 25, 2023

New Year's Day
Monday, January 1, 2024

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Monday, January 15, 2024

Lincoln’s Birthday (a)
Monday, February 12, 2024

Washington’s Birthday
February 19, 2024

Memorial Day
Monday, May 27, 2024

Juneteenth
Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Independence Day
Thursday, July 4, 2024

Labor Day
Monday, September 2, 2024

Columbus Day
Monday, October 14, 2024

Election Day (a)
Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Veteran's Day
Monday, November 11, 2024

Thanksgiving Day
Thursday, November 28, 2024

Christmas Day
Wednesday, December 25, 2024

Resource: http://www.cs.ny.gov/attendance_leave/index.cfm#legal
Election Day related: Time Off to Vote

(a) The Office of Employee Relations notified all state agencies that floating holidays have been designated in lieu of fixed holidays for Election Day and Lincoln’s Birthday for all employees except those represented by PBANYS. UUP-represented employees observe Election Day on the day after Thanksgiving. Employees eligible to observe the holidays will be credited with a floating holiday and may arrange with their supervisors to use the credit on a date of their choice before the holiday recurs. For Security Services Unit employees who are eligible to observe holidays, Election Day and Lincoln's Birthday will be observed as fixed holidays. When such employees are required to work on these holidays, their benefits will be determined in the same manner as is currently followed for other holidays on which they are required to work.

(b) Under the Attendance Rules when a holiday falls on a Sunday it is observed on the following Monday.

(c) For employees who work Monday through Friday with Saturday and Sunday off, Saturday, November 11, 2023, will be observed as a pass day holiday and those eligible employees will earn appropriate holiday leave to be used at another time, subject to supervisory approval. Holiday leave not used one year after the date it is earned expires.