Official holidays in 2024 (in addition to special leave during the annual closure):
- Monday, 1 January
(New Year) - Friday, 29 March
(Good Friday) - Monday, 1 April
(Easter Monday) - Wednesday, 1 May
(1 May) - Thursday, 9 May
(Ascension day) - Monday, 20 May
(Whit Monday) - Thursday, 5 September
("Jeûne genevois") - Tuesday, 24 December
(Christmas Eve) - Wednesday, 25 December
(Christmas) - Tuesday, 31 December
(New Year’s Eve)
Annual closure of the site of the Organization during the end-of-year holiday period:
The Laboratory will be closed from Saturday, 21 December 2024 until Sunday, 5 January 2025 inclusive (without deduction of annual leave). The first working day of the New Year will be Monday, 6 January 2025.