{"657460":{"#nid":"657460","#data":{"type":"news","title":"State Holidays Expanded to Include Juneteenth","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBeginning this year, Georgia Tech will add Juneteenth to its list of Institute-wide holidays. Juneteenth National Independence Day, which falls on a Sunday this year, will be observed on Monday, June 20.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring official holidays, classes do not meet and administrative offices are closed. Any events, exams, or meetings scheduled to occur on June 20 will be shifted in keeping with the observance.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe change was enabled earlier this month, when legislation signed by Governor Brian Kemp changed state law, expanding the number of annual paid holidays for state employees from 12 to 13. Last week, the University System of Georgia\u0026rsquo;s (USG) Board of Regents voted to update its own policy to align with the state code. The state actions follow last year\u0026rsquo;s establishment by the federal government of a national holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor questions, employees are encouraged to visit \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/policylibrary.gatech.edu\/employment\/holiday-schedule-employees\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s policy for Holiday Schedule for Employees\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;or connect with their HR Business Partner or Representative.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBeginning this year, Georgia Tech will add Juneteenth to its list of Institute-wide holidays. Juneteenth National Independence Day, which falls on a Sunday this year, will be observed on Monday, June 20.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Juneteenth National Independence Day, which falls on a Sunday this year, will be observed on Monday, June 20. "}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2022-04-20 12:35:05","changed_gmt":"2022-04-20 12:35:05","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-04-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-04-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"636425":{"id":"636425","type":"image","title":"Juneteenth Flag","body":null,"created":"1592925505","gmt_created":"2020-06-23 15:18:25","changed":"1592925505","gmt_changed":"2020-06-23 15:18:25","alt":"Juneteenth Flag","file":{"fid":"242159","name":"juneteenth flag.gif","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/juneteenth%20flag.gif","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/juneteenth%20flag.gif","mime":"image\/gif","size":3195,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/juneteenth%20flag.gif?itok=vGZa9p4P"}}},"media_ids":["636425"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/hr.gatech.edu\/payroll","title":"Payroll and Holiday Schedule"},{"url":"https:\/\/nmaahc.si.edu\/explore\/stories\/historical-legacy-juneteenth","title":"The Historical Legacy of Juneteenth"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}