Accruals, Leave and Time & Attendance

• Hourly employees must submit their timesheets seven calendar days (one week) before payday. 

• Non-exempt bi-weekly employees should submit their timecards once the reporting period has ended but not later than one week after the pay period ends. 

• Exempt employees should submit their timecards for the month once the reporting period has ended but not later than within two weeks after the month ends.  

Note: For weeks with major holidays, such as Thanksgiving and Christmas, the deadline will be moved forward two days for hourly employees.  

Time reports should not be submitted before the end of the period, unless you are leaving the RF earlier than before the time reporting period ends.  

• Friday, July 14, 2023 

• Friday, July 28, 2023 

• Friday, August 11, 2023 

• Friday, August 25, 2023 

• Friday, September 8, 2023 

• Friday, September 22, 2023 

• Friday, October 6, 2023 

• Friday, October 20, 2023 

• Friday, November 3, 2023 

• Friday, November 17, 2023 

• Friday, December 1, 2023 

• Friday, December 15, 2023 

• Friday, December 29, 2023 

• Friday, January 12, 2024 

• Friday, January 26, 2024 

• Friday, February 9, 2024 

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• Friday, March 8, 2024 

• Friday, March 22, 2024 

• Friday, April 5, 2024 

• Friday, April 19, 2024 

• Friday, May 3, 2024 

• Friday, May 17, 2024 

• Friday, May 31, 2024 

• Friday, June 14, 2024 

• Friday, June 28, 2024 

• Friday, July 12, 2024 

• Friday, July 26, 2024 

• Friday, August 9, 2024 

• Friday, August 23, 2024 

• Friday, September 6, 2024 

• Friday, September 20, 2024 

• Friday, October 4, 2024 

• Friday, October 18, 2024 

• Friday, November 1, 2024 

• Friday, November 15, 2024 

• Friday, November 29, 2024 

• Friday, December 13, 2024 

• Friday, December 27, 2024 

• Friday, January 10, 2025 

• Friday, January 24, 2025 

• Friday, February 7, 2025 

• Friday, February 21, 2025 

• Friday, March 7, 2025 

• Friday, March 21, 2025 

• Friday, April 4, 2025 

• Friday, April 18, 2025 

• Friday, May 2, 2025 

• Friday, May 16, 2025 

• Friday, May 30, 2025 

• Friday, June 13, 2025 

• Friday, June 27, 2025 

• Friday, July 11, 2025 

• Friday, July 25, 2025 

• Friday, August 8, 2025 

• Friday, August 22, 2025 

• Friday, September 5, 2025 

• Friday, September 19, 2025 

• Friday, October 3, 2025 

• Friday, October 17, 2025 

• Friday, October 31, 2025 

• Friday, November 14, 2025 

• Friday, November 28, 2025 

• Friday, December 12, 2025 

• Friday, December 26, 2025 

To determine if your department is closed on the following holidays, please consult your manager. Departments may need to remain open if they provide essential services — or in emergency situations, if approved by the appropriate Vice President.  

Employees required to work on a holiday will receive a floating holiday to be used at a later date. Note: As with all leave requests, use of a floating holiday is subject to supervisory approval.  

• Labor Day: Monday, September 4, 2023 

• Columbus Day: Monday, October 9, 2023 

• Election Day: Tuesday, November 7, 2023 

• Veteran’s Day: Saturday, November 11, 2023  

• Thanksgiving: Thursday. November 23, 2023 

• Christmas Day: Monday, December 25, 2023 

• New Year’s Day: Monday, January 1, 2024 

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Monday, January 15, 2024 

• Lincoln’s Birthday: Monday, February 12, 2024  

• Presidents’ Day: Monday, February 19, 2024 

• Memorial Day: Monday, May 27, 2024 

• Juneteenth: Wednesday, June 19, 2024 

• Independence Day: Thursday, July 4, 2024 

We encourage you to use holiday leave within one calendar year. Holiday leave may not be used to extend an employee’s termination date and will be lost if not used before termination.  

When a holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, employees not scheduled to work that day will earn holiday leave that can be used at a later date. Note: Leave requests are subject to supervisory approval. 

• Full-time employees receive holiday leave accruals for all holidays, regardless of work schedule. The maximum holiday leave credited will be 7.5 hours for a 37.5-hour workweek or 8 hours for a 40-hour workweek. 

• Part-time employees must have an Employee Work Schedule on file with RFHR showing they are regularly scheduled to work the holiday to earn holiday leave. Part-time employees who take leave on a holiday will be paid for the hours indicated on their schedule, up to 8 hours. Part-time employees who work on a holiday will earn holiday leave for the hours indicated on their work schedule, up to 8 hours. 

Employees assigned to the following student titles are not eligible to receive holiday leave: Research Project Assistant, Project Instructional Assistant, Research Aide, Senior Research Aide and Student Camp Counselor. 

E-Time Reporting updates holiday leave balances after the holiday has occurred, so you will not have holiday leave to use until the process has run on the actual holiday.This means you must report holiday leave on or after the actual holiday. 

If the holiday falls on a weekday, and you took the day off, enter the appropriate amount of holiday leave on that day. 

If you worked the holiday, enter “Worked Holiday” in the Comments box and the leave earned for that day will stay in your holiday leave balance. 

If the holiday falls on a weekend, and you use it to take time off another day, enter the appropriate amount of holiday leave for the day you used it. 

During months with holidays, non-accruing employees, including Student employees and Summer only must indicate a comment such as “Student Non-accruing or Summer Only” to proceed with submitting their timesheet. 

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) entitles eligible employees to take unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical reasons with continuation of group health insurance coverage under the same terms and conditions as if the employee had not taken leave. Learn about employee rights and responsibilities under FMLA. 

RF employees eligible for FMLA must provide 30-day advance notice of their need to take FMLA leave when the need is foreseeable and such notice is practicable. 

Access these SUNY RF resources to get started: 

• FMLA Forms & Notices

• FMLA Biweekly Premiums

• FMLA Application for Continuation of Group Benefits

Leave request forms, including all medical certifications, should be sent to [email protected]. 

FMLA Eligibility for Employees with a Break-in-Service 

An employee must have at least 12 months of service and have worked at least 1,250 hours over the previous 12 months to be eligible for leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). 

A break-in-service will not affect the 12 months of service requirement if the employee reached that milestone before leaving or after returning. However, if the break-in-service interrupted or prevented the employee from working a minimum of 1,250 hours over the previous 12 months, they are ineligible. 

Learn more about breaks-in-service.

New York State Paid Family Leave (PFL) provides eligible SUNY RF employees job-protected, paid time off to: 

• Bond with a newly born, adopted or fostered child 

• Care for a family member with a serious health condition 

• Assist loved ones when a spouse, domestic partner, child or parent is deployed abroad on active military service 

Visit the SUNY RF website for PFL information, forms and notices. Leave request forms should be sent to [email protected]. 

UAlbany's Liberal Leave during Snow Emergencies Policy also applies to RF employees. Generally, the Research Foundation also follows the Governor's weather closure directives. 

RF employees are eligible for paid time off to vote only if they don’t have sufficient time to vote before or after their shift. 

An employee has sufficient time to vote when polls are open at least four hours before or after work.  

Employees may take a reasonable amount of time at the beginning or end of their shift to allow them to vote but not more than two hours without loss of pay.  

An employee who needs time off to vote should notify their supervisor at least two working days, and no more than 10 working days, before election day.