Announcements
Posted: Thursday, June 18, 2020Juneteenth Holiday: June 19 - State Offices Closed
On Wednesday, June 17, 2020, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed Executive Order No. 204 declaring that all state offices be closed on Friday, June 19, 2020, in celebration of the 155th anniversary of Juneteenth, the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States.
Non-essential employees regularly scheduled to work on Friday will receive the day off with pay.
Based on their work schedule for Friday, June 19, employees deemed essential for state operations will be granted one day of compensatory time off (CTO). Employees whose regular pass day falls on June 19 will be granted one day of CTO (i.e., 7.5 hours for a 37.5-hour work week and 8 hours for a 40-hour work week, prorated based on employment/payroll percentage for part time employees).
Any employee, essential or non-essential, prescheduled to charge leave credits on Friday will not be required to charge any credits for that absence. Employees on leave with or without pay not charged to credits, such as leave without pay, workers comp, military leave, sick leave at half pay, short-term or long-term disability, childcare leave without pay, leave donation (status is LWOP), etc., would not be returned to pay status or credited with CTO.
Employees may not be paid additional compensation in lieu of CTO. This policy applies to all employees regardless of Attendance Rules coverage. The CTO granted under this shall expire one year from Friday.
Department heads and supervisors should communicate to their classified and professional employees whether they will be required to work on June 19, 2020. Department heads and supervisors are encouraged to make every effort to consider requests from employees to have the holiday off.
Programming updates are being implemented in the SUNY Time and Attendance System. For questions about recording the holiday on time and attendance records, please contact Al Galone, manager of payroll, 878-4124 (for CSEA), or Carey Seneca, assistant manager of personnel operations, 878-3042 (for UUP).
