Flexible Work Arrangements:

The University’s current remote work guidelines remain in place. Please see CUNY Flexible Work Arrangements – The City University of New York for more information. Of course, not every position lends itself to a remote component. This determination will be made by supervisors in consultation with their managers/directors and should be based on the essential functions of the position and the needs of the department. Currently, the maximum number of days full-time staff can be approved by their supervisor to work remotely is three days every two weeks.

Remote work arrangements for Tuesday, July 1, 2025, to Tuesday, June 30, 2026, must be documented using the Remote Work Agreement form, which has been extended for use through June 30, 2026, pursuant to agreements with the PSC and DC 37 (including Teamsters Local 237, SEIU Local 300, IATSE Local 306, and New York State Nurses Association).  

Public Safety staff and other essential employees will continue to work fully in-person, and we express our gratitude for their ongoing presence across our campuses and offices. Employees with medical concerns regarding in-person work may apply for a reasonable accommodation. For more information, please visit: Current Process for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation. 

Summer Hours:

For the 2025 summer, the four-day workweek program shall be in effect during the period of Monday, June 9 through Friday, August 15 excluding the workweeks that include Juneteenth (observed on Thursday, June 19), and Independence Day (observed on Friday, July 4). For those two holiday weeks, staff shall have four regular (un-extended) workdays. See CUNY Employee Holiday and Annual Leave 2024-2025.

Apart from the two holiday weeks, the work day for full-time clerical, administrative, and non-teaching instructional staff employees will be 8¾ hours plus 45 minutes for lunch, Monday through Thursday (For example:  the workday will begin at 8:00am and end at 5:30pm, with a lunch break from noon to 12:45pm, Monday through Thursday with Fridays off).

For the duration of the “summer hours” program, there will be a minimum 50% onsite work requirement (i.e: two days onsite and two days remote) for those employees who are eligible and approved to work a hybrid schedule. Offices should be open and staffed to the greatest extent possible in the summer. For times when that is not possible for smaller offices, there should be clear signage as to whom the visitor should contact and how they can be contacted during business hours. Please be advised, that supervisors and/or division administrators may require an increase to the 50% onsite work requirement and/or set “blackout dates” for the use of annual leave for employees within their departments/divisions, if necessary, to ensure appropriate staffing during peak times or scheduled events.

Employees who do not wish to–or are unable to–work the extended hours during the aforementioned weeks as described above shall be given the option of working four regular workdays (i.e, 9:00am to 5:00pm, Monday through Thursday) and charge the fifth day (Friday) to annual leave. All such requests shall be submitted to HRTimekeeping@csi.cuny.edu using the online form, with Supervisor’s approval, by Friday, June 6, 2025. Employees must have an annual leave balance of eight days in order to be eligible to waive the summer hour work schedule.

As a reminder, all Public Safety, Buildings and Grounds, and 220 Titles are exempt from participating in the summer hours program and will remain in person/on-site for their regularly scheduled Monday through Sunday shifts.

Annual Leave

Please note that the 2023-2027 PSC-CUNY Agreement permanently extends the deadline to Dec. 31 for instructional staff employees to use any accrued leave days in excess of the 45-day maximum carryover. The University will also be extending the deadline to Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025, for all other full-time employees to use any accrued leave days in excess of their maximum carryover. Unscheduled Holidays from the time and leave year ending Sunday, August 31, 2025, will not be carried over and must be used by August 31, 2025, or they will be forfeited.

Any questions/concerns can be sent to HRTimekeeping@csi.cuny.edu.

Have a great summer!

By the Office of Human Resources