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