Official holidays in 2016 and end-of-year closure 2016/2017

Application of Articles R II 4.38 and R II 4.39 of the Staff Regulations.

Official holidays in 2016 (in addition to the special leave during the annual closure):

• Friday, 1 January                 (New Year)
• Friday, 25 March                 (Good Friday)
• Monday, 28 March              (Easter Monday)
• Thursday, 5 May                   (Ascension Day)
• Friday, 6 May                       (compensation granted for 1 May)
• Monday, 16 May                   (Whit Monday)
• Thursday, 8 September       ("Jeûne genevois")
• Thursday, 22 December     (compensation for 24 December, Christmas Eve)
• Friday, 23 December           (compensation for 25 December, Christmas)
• Thursday, 29 December      (compensation for 31 December, New Year’s Eve)
• Friday, 30 December           (compensation for 1 January 2017, New Year)

Annual closure of the site of the Organization during the Christmas holidays and days of special leave granted by the Director-General:

• The Laboratory will be closed from Thursday, 22 December 2016 to Wednesday, 4 January 2017 inclusive (without deduction of annual leave). The first working day in the New Year will be Thursday, 5 January 2017.

Human Resources Department
Tel.: 73903/79257