<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap"><i>SENT ON BEHALF OF HUMAN RESOURCE SERVICES</i></span><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-73e6f92f-7fff-6568-a31f-ad22abc83836"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">SUNY Plattsburgh employees have been working diligently over the past 18+ months to ensure that our campus continues to operate during these challenging times.  As a result, many employees have not had the opportunity to use as much of their vacation time as they typically do.  Vacation time is important to an employee’s mental and physical health and that is why the college will expand its current liberal leave policy.  While any use of vacation time must be coordinated with your supervisor, using vacation time during periods of liberal leave allows for reduced staffing in most areas.  </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In an effort to recognize the continued dedication of our employees, and to allow for more use of vacation time, we are expanding liberal leave as follows:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:12pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Christmas/New Year Break</span><span style="font-size:12pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> – Thursday, December 23</span><span style="font-size:12pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:0.6em;vertical-align:super">rd</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> through Friday, December 31</span><span style="font-size:12pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:0.6em;vertical-align:super">st</span></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:12pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">July 4</span><span style="font-size:12pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:0.6em;vertical-align:super">th</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Holiday</span><span style="font-size:12pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> – Friday, July 1</span><span style="font-size:12pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:0.6em;vertical-align:super">st</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> through Friday, July 8</span><span style="font-size:12pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:0.6em;vertical-align:super">th</span></span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Some areas may have to maintain minimal staffing during this time, depending on the specific work commitments of each department.  It is important to communicate with your supervisor to minimize conflict between vacation plans and operational needs.  For additional information and a full listing of all holidays and liberal leave days, please reference the </span><a href="https://www.plattsburgh.edu/about/offices-divisions/administration-finance/human-resources/holidays.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Holiday Information</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> webpage.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.28182;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.28182;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">*this message is directed to professional and classified employees, not 10-month teaching faculty*</span></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div>