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Subject Number 187-1 2016 HEARING SCHEDULE

Board Bulletins and Subject Numbers

Supersedes Subject No. 187-1 dated September 4, 2014

September 2, 2015

Below is a list of the days that the Workers’ Compensation Board will be closed in 2016. It also includes a list of the days on which the Board will be open but some or all of the WC Law Judge hearings (as indicated) will not be held.


Board Closed
New Year's Day Friday, January 1
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Monday, January 18
Presidents' Day Monday, February 15
Memorial Day Monday, May 30
Independence Day Monday, July 4
Labor Day Monday, September 5
Columbus Day Monday, October 10
Veteran's Day Friday, November 11
Thanksgiving Day Thursday, November 24
Christmas Day Monday, December 26 (Observed)

Board Open - No Hearings (Except as Indicated)

All Offices

Good Friday Friday, March 25
Day after Thanksgiving Friday, November 25

Brooklyn, Staten Island, Manhattan, White Plains, New City, Queens, Long Island,
and Garden City

Passover eve Friday, April 22 (no PM hearings)
Rosh Hashanah Monday, October 3
Tuesday, October 4
Yom Kippur eve Tuesday, October 11 (no PM hearings)
Yom Kippur Wednesday, October 12

Floating Holiday (Board Open, Regular Hearing Schedule)
Lincoln's Birthday Friday, February 12
Election Day Tuesday, November 8*

*A designation for Election Day 2016 has not yet been made.

Robert E. Beloten
Chair