All eligible classified and unclassified employees may observe the following holidays without charge to accruals:
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 (Buffalo State University recognizes Indigenous Peoples' 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
New Year's Day
Wednesday, January 1, 2025
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.
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