Official holidays in 2021 and end-of-year closure 2021/2022
Application of Articles R II 4.38 and R II 4.39 of the Staff Regulations
Official holidays in 2021 (in addition to the special leave during the annual closure):
| Date | Occasion | |
|---|---|---|
| Friday | 1 January | New Year |
| Friday | 2 April | Good Friday |
| Monday | 5 April | Easter Monday |
| Thursday | 13 May | Ascension day |
| Friday | 14 May | Compensation granted for 1st May |
| Monday | 24 May | Whit Monday |
| Thursday | 9 September | Jeûne genevois |
| Friday | 24 December | Christmas Eve |
| Monday | 27 December | Compensation granted for 25th December, Christmas |
| Friday | 31 December | New Year’s Eve |
Annual closure of the site of the Organization during the Christmas holidays
The Laboratory will be closed from Wednesday 22 December 2021 to Tuesday 4 January 2022 inclusive (without deduction of annual leave).
The first working day in the New Year will be Wednesday 5 January 2022.
To add official holidays to your CERN Exchange calendar, follow these instructions. A printable version of the 2021 CERN Calendar is available here.
CERN official holidays for 2022 will be announced in the Bulletin in December 2021. By subscribing to the official holidays Exchange calendar you can access a provisional calendar of holidays for 2022 which is subject to change and is provided for information purposes only.
School holidays in host states
- School holidays in the Canton of Geneva and in the Canton of Vaud
- School holidays in France