N.Y. County Law § 206: Hours of work and office hours

§ 206. Hours of work and office hours. 1. Subject to the constitution

and general laws of this state and to the rules and regulations made

pursuant thereto, the board of supervisors may fix the number of hours

constituting a legal day's work for all classes of employees of the

county and grant to the employing officer or board the power to stagger

working hours. Time lost in any week because of inclement weather may be

made up during that week and the succeeding three weeks. Nothing herein

shall impair the effect of any official proclamation during an

emergency.

2. The board of supervisors may fix the hours that the offices of the

county clerk, county treasurer, clerk of the board of supervisors and

civil office of the sheriff shall be kept open for the transaction of

business. If the board of supervisors does not fix the hours that the

offices described in this subdivision shall be kept open for the

transaction of business, then those offices shall be kept open for the

transaction of business every day from at least nine o'clock in the

forenoon to five o'clock in the afternoon, except Saturdays, Sundays and

holidays. During the months of July and August, such offices shall be

kept open from at least nine o'clock in the forenoon to four o'clock in

the afternoon of each day, except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.

3. If a holiday falls on a Saturday, the offices described in

subdivision two hereof may close on the day before.

4. The board of supervisors may fix office hours not inconsistent with

this chapter or other law.