Employee Holiday and Annual Leave Periods

Outlined below are the 2008 - 2009 holidays, unscheduled holiday allowances, and annual leave periods provided by Board policy or by various Union contracts. The schedules are similar, but not identical. It is important to check the chart for your group.

For employees scheduled to work Monday through Friday, the schedule indicates when holidays falling on a Saturday or Sunday will be observed, or whether an unscheduled holiday will be provided, Employees in Groups 1 and 2 scheduled to work Saturday and/or Sunday will observe the holiday on the Saturday or Sunday in question. Employees in Group 3 (Section 220 titles) scheduled to work on Saturday and/or Sunday will observe the holiday on the Monday or Friday listed below; employees in this group scheduled to be off on the Monday or Friday in question will be credited with a compensatory day. Employees in Groups 1, 2, or 3 with regular days off falling on both the observed and actual holidays will be credited with an unscheduled holiday (referred to as a "compensatory day" for employees in Group 3).

Employees should use annual leave accruals during the annual leave period in which earned. Hours of work are established by College or Unit and cannot be changed without the approval of the President or his/her designee.

If you have any questions, contact the Office of Human Resources at ext. 4451.

Download the 9/1/07 - 8/31/08 schedule
Download the 9/1/08 - 8/31/09 schedule


Holiday	Date	Group 1 Non-teaching Instructional ECP, HEOs, CLT Classified Service: Clerical, Administrative, Professional (White Collar), Managerial	Group 2 Classified Service: Custodial, Stores-Stock, and Security Bargaining Unit (Blue Collar).	Group 3 Skilled Trades Bargaining Unit (Section 220 - Per the NYC Controller's consent determination)	Group 4 CUNY Theatre Technician Title Series.
Labor Day	Mon 09/01/08	Y	Y	Y	Y
Columbus Day	Mon 10/13/08	Y	Y	Y	N
Election Day	Tue 11/04/08	N	Y	Y	N
Veterans Day	Tue 11/11/08	N	Y	Y	N
Thanksgiving(& Day After Thanksgiving)	Thu 11/27/08 Fri 11/28/08	Y Y	Y Y	N Y	Y Y
Christmas Holiday(Christmas Eve & Christmas Day).	Wed 12/24/08 Thu 12/25/08	Y Y	Y Y	N Y	Y Y
New Year's Holiday(New Year's eve & New Year's Day)	Mon 12/31/08 Tue 1/01/09	Y Y	Y Y	N Y	Y Y
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday	Mon 1/19/09	Y	Y	Y	Y
Lincoln's Birthday	Thu 2/12/09	Y	Y	Y	N
President's Day	Mon 2/16/09	Y	Y	Y	N
Memorial Day	Mon 5/25/09	Y	Y	Y	Y
Independence Day	Sat 7/04/09	Fri 7/03/09	Fri 7/03/09	Fri 7/03/09	7/03/09
Unscheduled Holidays EOC Employees in the NY State Office Building in Manhattan observe Election Day and Veterans Day as two of their unscheduled holidays.		4	1	0	0
Employees normally scheduled to work on a Saturday or Sunday		For Holidays falling on a Saturday or Sunday when you are scheduled to work, take holiday on that Saturday or Sunday instead of the day listed on the chart of a compensatory day. Those normally scheduled to be off on an observed holiday falling on a weekday will receive a compensatory day in lieu of that day.		Observe holidays as listed. Those normally scheduled to be off on an observed holiday will be paid straight time pay for the day or a compensatory day.	Observe holidays as listed.

Last updated on 6/2/08 .