Attendance and Leave Benefits
Leave benefits and Attendance Rules for employees in State departments and institutions.
Overview
The sources of leave benefits for classified service Executive branch State employees are as follows:
- The Attendance Rules for Employees in New York
- State Departments and Institutions, attendance and leave provisions of the collective bargaining agreements negotiated with State employee organizations
- Related laws, rules and regulations
Memoranda of Special Note
Memoranda and Bulletins
Issued in 2024
- Policy Bulletin 2024-12 pdf
- Implementation of the Productivity Enhancement Program for 2025
- Policy Bulletin 2024-11 pdf
- October 2024, Attendance and Leave Items ‐ 2023–2026 State‐Council 82 ‐ Security Supervisors Unit (SSpU) Negotiated Agreement
- Policy Bulletin 2024-10 pdf
- October 2024, Attendance and Leave Items ‐ 2023–2026 State‐PBANYS ‐ Agency Police Services Unit (APSU) Negotiated Agreement
- Policy Bulletin 2024-09 pdf
- October 2024, Attendance and Leave Items ‐ 2023–2026 State‐NYSCOPBA ‐ Security Services Unit (SSU) Negotiated Agreement
- Policy Bulletin 2024-08 pdf
- August 2024, Attendance and Leave Items ‑ 2023–2026 State‑District Council 37 (DC-37) Negotiated Agreement
- Policy Bulletin 2024-07 pdf
- August 2024, Paid Parental Leave for Council 82 – Security Supervisors Unit (SSpU) Employees
- Transmittal Memorandum No. 50 pdf
- August 2024, 2025 Calendar of Legal Holidays and Days of Religious Significance
- Advisory Memorandum No. 2024-03 pdf
- August 2024, Designation of Floating Holidays in Lieu of Election Day and Lincoln's Birthday for Contract Year 2024–2025
- Policy Bulletin No. 2024-06 pdf
- July 2024, Rights of Employees to Express Breast Milk in the Workplace
- Policy Bulletin No. 2024-05 pdf
- June 2024, Paid Family Leave (PFL)
- Policy Bulletin No. 2024-04 pdf
- June 2024, Paid Parental Leave for PBANYS – Agency Police Services Unit (APSU) Employees
- Policy Bulletin No. 2024-03 pdf
- May 2024, Special Enrollment Period: Productivity Enhancement Program (PEP) for 2024, NYSCOPBA (Security Services Unit – SSU) and DC-37 – (Rent Regulation Services Unit – RRSU) Represented Employees Only
- Policy Bulletin No. 2024-02 pdf
- April 2024, Paid Parental Leave for NYSCOPBA – Security Services Unit (SSU) Employees
- Advisory Memoranda No. 2024-02 pdf
- March 2024, Memoranda of Understanding on Extension of Special Military Benefits and Post-Discharge Benefits through December 31, 2024
- Advisory Memoranda No. 2024-01 pdf
- March 2024, Special Holiday Waiver Memoranda of Understanding for Security Supervisors Unit (SSpU), Security Services Unit (SSU), and Agency Police Services Unit (APSU)
- Policy Bulletin No. 2024-01 pdf
- March 2024, Paid Parental Leave for Rent Regulation Services Unit Employees (RRSU)
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.
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.
Contact Us
Department of Civil Service
Attendance and Leave Unit
Albany, NY 12239
Phone: (518) 457-2295
Fax: (518) 486-2519