Overview  

The sources of leave benefits for classified service Executive branch State employees are as follows:

  1. The Attendance Rules for Employees in New York
  2. State Departments and Institutions, attendance and leave provisions of the collective bargaining agreements negotiated with State employee organizations
  3. Related laws, rules and regulations

Memoranda of Special Note  

Family Medical Leave Act
Military Leave Related Memoranda

Memoranda and Bulletins 

Issued in 2023

Advisory Memoranda No. 2023-04 pdf
September 2023, Veterans’ Day—November 11, 2023

Policy Bulletin No. 2023-03 pdf
August 2023, Paid Parental Leave for PEF Employees

Advisory Memoranda No. 2023-03 pdf
July 2023, Designation of Floating Holidays in Lieu of Election Day and Lincoln's Birthday for Contract Year 2023 – 2024

Transmittal Memorandum No. 49 pdf
June 2023, 2024 Calendar of Legal Holidays and Days of Religious Significance

Policy Bulletin No. 2023-02 pdf
June 2023, Paid Parental Leave for CSEA Administrative Services Unit (ASU), Institutional Services Unit (ISU), Operational Services Unit (OSU) and Division of Military and Naval Affairs (DMNA) Employees

Advisory Memoranda No. 2023-02 pdf
March 2023, Memoranda of Understanding on Extension of Special Military Benefits and Post-Discharge Benefits through December 31, 2023

Advisory Memoranda No. 2023-01 pdf
February 2023, Special Holiday Waiver Memoranda of Understanding for Security Supervisors Unit (SSpU), Security Services Unit (SSU), and Agency Police Services Unit (APSU)

Policy Bulletin No. 2023-01 pdf
February 2023, Paid Parental Leave for M/C Employees

2022 Memoranda/Bulletins
2021 Memoranda/Bulletins
2020 Memoranda/Bulletins
2019 Memoranda/Bulletins

For memoranda and bulletins prior to 2019, please visit the Archived Memoranda and Bulletins page.

Calendars of Legal Holidays  

The calendar of legal holidays applies only to classified service employees in the Executive Branch who are subject to the Attendance Rules for Employees in State Departments and Institutions.

2024 Legal Holidays
2023 Legal Holidays
2022 Legal Holidays

Attendance and Leave Manual  

This manual is designed to assist State departments and agencies in the interpretation and application of the Attendance Rules for Employees in State Departments and Institutions, and the attendance and leave provisions of the agreements negotiated with State employee organizations.

Attendance and Leave Manual

Contact Us  

Department of Civil Service
Attendance and Leave Unit
Albany, NY 12239
Phone: (518) 457-2295
Fax: (518) 486-2519