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In September 2025, the NYS Workers’ Compensation Board (Board) issued a Subject Number regarding 2026 Legal Holidays and Board Closures, which lists the dates the Board is closed, or open but not conducting hearings.
Following the issuance of that Subject Number, the Board issued an announcement of additional administrative workdays in 2026 where the Board remains open, but hearings will not be held.
Today, we are noting two additional changes for the Rochester District office only:
- CLOSED on Friday, July 31
- OPEN on Friday, August 7
The updated list of closure dates is below. For ease of reference, the Board has created a 2026 Board Closures page on our website, available at wcb.ny.gov/boardclosures.
2026 Board Holidays/Days Closed:
- New Year’s Day – Thursday, January 1
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day – Monday, January 19
- Washington’s Birthday – Monday, February 16
- Memorial Day – Monday, May 25
- Juneteenth – Friday, June 19
- Labor Day – Monday, September 7
- Columbus Day – Monday, October 12
- Veteran’s Day – Wednesday, November 11
- Thanksgiving Day – Thursday, November 26
- Christmas Day – Friday, December 25
Board Open, No Hearings (Except as Noted):
- Passover – Thursday, April 2
- Good Friday – Friday, April 3
- Rosh Hashanah – Friday, September 11 (a.m. hearings only; no p.m. hearings)
- Yom Kippur – Monday, September 21
- Day after Thanksgiving – Friday, November 27
- Christmas Eve – Thursday, December 24
- New Year’s Eve – Thursday, December 31
Floating Holiday (Board Open, Regular Hearing Schedule):
- Lincoln’s Birthday – Thursday, February 12
Additional Administrative Workdays (Board Open, No Hearings):
- Friday, January 2
- Friday, January 16
- Friday, February 6
- Friday, February 20
- Friday, March 6
- Friday, March 20
- Friday, April 17
- Friday, May 1
- Friday, May 15
- Friday, June 5
- Thursday, June 18
- Friday, July 3
- Friday, July 17
- Friday, July 31 (Rochester office only)
- Friday, August 7 (Exception: Rochester office will be open)
- Friday, August 21
- Friday, September 18
- Friday, October 16
- Friday, November 20
- Friday, December 18
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