![]() Request time off ahead of a check-in with a supervisor.You can help spread awareness about Lunar New Year by requesting time off and noting to your supervisor it is specifically to celebrate Lunar New Year. Until further guidance, staff must take personal vacation hours to take time off. APISA is currently seeking guidance from leadership on how to report hours. TOOLKIT.Īs of 2022, The new CA state law authorizes any state employee to receive eight hours of holiday credit rather than personal holiday credit and utilize eight hours of vacation, annual leave or compensating time off to observe the Lunar New Year. The UC Asian Pacific Islander Staff Association (APISA) created a toolkit on Lunar New Year, which is copied here. Recognizing this day as a state holiday acknowledges the diversity and cultural significance Asian Americans bring to California and provides an opportunity for all Californians to participate in the significance of the Lunar Year.” – Governor Gavin Newsom “The Lunar New Year celebrates a chance to leave behind the troubles of the past year and invite prosperity and good luck moving forward. Office of Governor Press Release - September 29, 2022.AB 2596 recognizes Lunar New Year as an official state holiday. The bill would authorize state employees, with specified exceptions, to elect to receive 8 hours of holiday credit for the “Lunar New Year” in lieu of receiving 8 hours of personal holiday credit, and to elect to use 8 hours of vacation, annual leave, or compensating time off, consistent with departmental operational needs and collective bargaining agreements, for “Lunar New Year,” as specified. ![]() However, a new bill signed by Governor Gavin Newsom is honoring an important cultural holiday in a new way. ![]() Lunar New Year is not a federal public holiday. ![]()
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