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HOLIDAY SCHEDULE

For State Employees

September 2023- September 2024

Holiday Day of the Week Date
Labor Day Monday September 4, 2023
Columbus Day** Monday October 9, 2023
Election Day** Tuesday November 7, 2023
Veterans Day*** Saturday November 11, 2023
Thanksgiving Day Thursday November 23, 2023
Christmas Day Monday December 25, 2023
New Year's Day Monday January 1, 2024
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Monday January 15, 2024
Lincoln's Birthday** Monday February 12, 2024
President's Day** Monday 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

For RF Employees

September 2023- September 2024

Holiday Day of the Week Date
Labor Day Monday September 4, 2023
Columbus Day** Monday October 9, 2023
Election Day** Tuesday November 7, 2023
Veterans Day*** Saturday November 11, 2023
Thanksgiving Day Thursday November 23, 2023
Christmas Day Monday December 25, 2023
New Year's Day Monday January 1, 2024
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Monday January 15, 2024
Lincoln's Birthday** Monday February 12, 2024
President's Day** Monday 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

*Under NYS Attendance Rules, when a holiday falls on a Sunday it is observed on the following Monday

** OFFICES WILL REMAIN OPEN on Columbus Day, Election Day, Veterans Day, Lincoln's Birthday and President's Day. Please visit Academic Calendars to determine if classes are also in session.

STATE EMPLOYEES

CSEA,PEF & M/C Employees

FULL-TIME

→Full-Time employees who are eligible to observe holidays and work on Election Day and/or Lincoln's Birthday will be credited with a floating holiday. 

→Full-Time employees, for whom Election Day and/or Lincoln's Birthday are pass days, will be credited with a floating holiday.

PART-TIME

→Eligible Part-Time employees will be credited with a floating holiday if they are regularly scheduled to work, or are directed to work on Election Day and/or Lincoln's Birthday.

→Part-Time CSEA & PEF employees, who are eligible to observe holidays, are entitled to observe only those holidays that fall on days when they are regularly scheduled to work or required to work.

UUP Employees

The day after Thanksgiving is observed as a holiday.

Lincoln's Birthday is not an observed holiday.

PBANYS & NYSCOPBA Employees

Security Services and Security Supervisors observe all holidays as listed (no floating holidays).

Graduate Student Employee Union (GSEU)

Observe holidays listed when classes are not in session.

RF EMPLOYEES

Research Foundation 

FULL-TIME

→Full-Time employees will earn holiday leave for all observed holidays that are worked.

→The maximum holiday leave earned will be 7.5 hours for a 37.5 hour workweek or 8 hours for a 40-hour workweek.

PART-TIME

→Part-Time employees who work 50% effort or more are entitled to observe only those holidays that fall on days when they are regularly scheduled to work.

→When a holiday falls on a scheduled work day the part time employee earns whatever hours they normally work for that particular day, not to exceed 7.50 or 8.00 hours.

→When a holiday falls on a Saturday the part time employee earns the value of double their sick accrual rate. (Example: normally earns 2.00 hours sick time will earn 4.00 hours in holiday time.)

→Part time employees who observe a holiday will receive pay for their scheduled hours.

→All part time employees MUST have a work schedule on file with RF Payroll (rf_payroll@stonybrook.edu).

All RF Employees:

→Supervisory approval is required before holiday time can be taken.

→The Research Foundation encourages employees to use time off within a reasonable period.

→ At separation, all unused holiday time will be forfeited.

STATE EMPLOYEES***

Veteran’s Day

FULL-TIME

Full-time employees eligible to observe holidays, and for whom Saturday is a regular day off, will be credited with a compensatory holiday in Solar or holiday earned should be noted on your timesheet to be used at another time, subject to supervisory approval.

PART-TIME

Part-time employees eligible to observe holidays will receive compensatory time according to their collective bargaining agreement.

RF EMPLOYEES***

Veteran’s Day

FULL-TIME

Full-time employees eligible to observe holidays, and for whom Saturday is a regular day off, will be credited with a compensatory holiday in Solar or holiday earned should be noted on your timesheet to be used at another time, subject to supervisory approval.

PART-TIME

Part-time employees eligible to earn holiday will earn the value of double their sick accrual rate  (example : normally earns 2.0 hours sick time will earn 4.00 hours of holiday time)