EMBASSY/UNVIE OFFICIAL HOLIDAY SCHEDULE - 2009

The following American/Austrian holidays will be observed by the Vienna Tri-Mission.  Due to meeting and work schedules of UNVIE offices and committees, the services of UNVIE employees may be required on an official holiday.

January 1 Tuesday American/Austrian New Year's Day
January 6 Sunday Austrian Epiphany
January 21 Monday American Martin L. King Birthday
February 18 Monday American President's Day
March 24 Monday Austrian Easter Monday
May 1 Thursday Austrian Labor Day/Ascension Day
May 12 Monday Austrian  Whitmonday
May 22 Thursday Austrian Corpus Christi Day
May 26 Monday American Memorial Day
July 4 Friday American Independence Day
August 15 Friday Austrian Assumption Day
September 1 Monday American Labor Day
October 13 Monday American Columbus Day
October 26 Sunday Austrian Austrian National Day
November 1 Saturday Austrian All Saints' Day
November 11 Monday American Veteran's Day
November 27 Thursday American Thanksgiving Day
December 8 Monday Austrian Immaculate Conception
December 25 Thursday American/Austrian Christmas Day
December 26 Friday Austrian St. Stephen's Day

* If an American holiday falls on a Saturday, the holiday is observed the previous Friday.  If the American holiday falls on a Sunday, it is observed the following Monday.  American employees may be administratively excused on Austrian national holidays if their services are not required.  Locally Employed Staff (LES) paid on the Local Compensation Plan required to work on a holiday will be compensated under the terms of the Local Compensation Plan.

 

    IAEA OFFICIAL HOLIDAY SCHEDULE - 2009
 

January 1 Thursday   New Year's Day /
Islamic Holiday
April 10 Friday   Good Friday
April 13 Monday   Easter Monday
May 1 Friday   May Day
June 1 Monday   Whitmonday
September 21* Monday Eid al-Fitr Islamic Holiday
October 26** Monday   Austrian National Day
November 30* Monday Eid al-Adha In lieu of November 28 Islamic Holiday
December 25 Friday   Christmas Day
December 28 Monday In lieu of December 26 St. Stephen's Day

* The above dates have been preliminarily identified as Islamic Holidays.  While the Agency's dates of observation of these holidays will not change, for the convenience of Muslim staff members and to the extent possible, meetings should not be arranged around these days.

 **In Monaco, Thursday, 19 November 2009 (National Day) will be taken in place of 27 October 2008.

            Official holidays in Tokyo and Toronto will be confirmed to the respective Divisions in due course.  Staff members in New
            York and Geneva follow the official holidays approved for their respective duty stations.