Paid Leave

A. Vacation Leave

Vacation accrual rates and maximum time accrual are as follows:

0 through 5th year:	8 hours per month	Maximum accrual
6th through 10th year:	10 hours per month	of
11th through 15th year:	12 hours per month	320 hours
16th through 20th year:	14 hours per month	Maximum accrual
More than 20 years:	16 hours per month	of 400 hours

Effective January 1 of each year vacation hours which will be earned by a confidential employee for the coming year will be advanced and combined with unused vacation hours from the previous year.

For employees hired to confidential positions after the January 1st posting date of each year, vacation hours which would be earned by these employees for the balance of that year will be advanced for use from the date of hire, with full credit for the month hired. On the next January 1st posting date, the employee will be advanced all vacation hours that would be earned for the full year following.

The calculation of advanced vacation hours will include any increase to the employee's vacation accrual rate which occurs during the year for which the calculation is made.

Employees who separate before the end of a year for which vacation hours have been advanced will be compensated for all such advance hours which actually have been earned and are unused at time of separation up to the maximum accrual limit of 320 or 400 hours.

Vacation accrual rates for confidential employees are based on total service years in State Government, regardless of whether such service is continuous or non-continuous. State service includes service as a legislator or legislative staff, and service in the Judicial Branch, but does not include project or non-status acting capacity employment.

B. Personal Leave Days

Confidential employees receive three (3) personal leave days which supplement vacation leave and are provided at the beginning of each calendar year. Confidential employees who are hired after January 1st of any year shall receive the three (3) personal days at time of hire. Unused personal leave days may be carried over and applied toward the maximum vacation accrual.

C. Holiday Leave

The State provides twelve (12) paid holidays as follows:

New Year's Day	Labor Day
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day	Columbus Day
President's Day	Veterans' Day
Patriot's Day	Thanksgiving Day
Memorial Day	Thanksgiving Friday
Independence Day	Christmas Day

D. Sick Leave

Sick leave credits accrue at the rate of one (1) day per each month of completed service; 120 days may be accrued with the excess being placed in lapsed credits. Lapsed credits may be used upon the recommendation of the appointing authority and the approval of the Director of Human Resources.

E. Bereavement

In the event of the death of a spouse, child, parent, or significant other living in the same household, an employee is allowed up to five (5) days of leave. Three (3) days of leave are provided in the event of the death of a sibling, ward, grandparent or grandchild. These provisions also apply to relationships by marriage.

F. Management Leave

Appointing authorities may provide confidential employees with paid leave as necessary and reasonable upon consideration of job requirements and other special circumstances.

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Paid Leave