For all non-managerial/non-confidential employees (i.e., administrative employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement), Lincoln’s Birthday Observed is scheduled as a holiday on Friday, February 24, 2012.
All central headquarters offices of the Department of Education will be open, and limited staff will be accessible on Friday, February 24, 2012 (Lincoln’s Birthday – Observed).
Friday, February 24, 2012, will remain a paid holiday for administrative employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement, but managerial/confidential employees hired on or before June 30, 2004, and working on Lincoln’s Birthday Observed (Friday, February 24, 2012) in central headquarters offices are entitled to be excused on another day, without charge to annual leave.
Managerial/confidential employees are defined as: Pedagogic managers not covered by a collective bargaining agreement (even when receiving benefits through the CSA), all administrative managers, and employees in Original Jurisdiction (OJ) titles receiving benefits through the City of New York Management Benefits Fund (MBF).
The first available personal business or annual leave (vacation) absence that a managerial/confidential employee hired on or before June 30, 2004, takes after Lincoln’s Birthday Observed (Friday, February 24, 2012) will automatically be recorded as a “floating holiday.” However, that day off must be taken on or before Friday, August 31, 2012, and must be selected in a manner that ensures the efficient operation of the office. Where feasible, employees may use the traditional date for Lincoln’s Birthday Observed (Friday, February 24, 2012) as their “floating holiday.”
Lincoln’s Birthday Observed is a regularly scheduled workday for the following managerial/confidential employees hired after June 30, 2004: Pedagogic managers not covered by a collective bargaining agreement (even when receiving benefits through the CSA), all administrative managers, and employees in Original Jurisdiction (OJ) titles receiving benefits through the City of New York Management Benefits Fund (MBF).