Paid Leave

Annual Leave

Eligible employees accrue annual leave at the end of each semi-monthly pay period and the accrued annual leave is available for use at the beginning of the pay period after it is earned. Eligible full-time employees who are not in pay status for the minimum amount of 40 hours in a pay period do not accrue sick leave for that pay period.

Accrual is based on years of continuous service:  

  • 5 hours per pay period for 0 – 60 months of services (10 hours each month / 120 hours each year)
  • 6 hours per pay period for 61 – 120 months of service (12 hours each month / 144 hours each year)
  • 7 hours per month for 121 months or more of service (14 hours each month / 168 hours each year) 
  • Eligible employees can accumulate up to a maximum of 360 hours of annual leave. Any annual leave accrued in excess of 360 hours is placed in a forfeited status at the end of each month.

The availability of the annual leave conversion program shall be determined on an annual basis by the Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget. The Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget shall determine both the availability of funding and timing of the annual leave conversion payout.

Sick Leave

Eligible employees accrue sick leave at the end of each semi-monthly pay period and the accrued sick leave is available for use at the beginning of the pay period after it is earned. Eligible employees who are not in pay status for the minimum amount of time in a pay period do not accrue sick leave for that pay period (Full-time employees must be in pay status at least 40 hours). Eligible employees can accumulate up to a maximum of 720 hours of sick leave. Any sick leave accrued in excess of 720 hours is placed in a forfeited status at the end of each month.

Upon supervisory approval, an employee may use sick leave for absences due to the following:

  1. Personal illness, injury, or disability.
  2. Adoption or fostering of a child by the employee where the employee's presence is required for health-related reasons.
  3. Exposure to contagious disease, when attendance in duty would endanger the health of others.
  4. Dental or medical care.
  5. Illness, injury, or disability in the immediate family which requires the employee's presence.
  6. Death in the employee's immediate family which requires the employee's presence; limited to five (5) workdays.

Personal Leave

An employee who has accumulated more than 120 hours of sick leave as of November 30th of any year is eligible to convert up to 24 hours of sick leave in excess of 120 hours to personal leave. Personal leave is only available for use by employees during the calendar year following the conversion request. Any personal leave that is not used by December 31st of that calendar year is lost and cannot be restored.