Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
(a) Personal
leave is leave with pay for personal business, including religious observance,
without charge against accumulated vacation or overtime credits. Employees
shall be entitled to personal leave not exceeding a total of five days in a
year, to be credited as follows:
(1) An
employee in State service on the effective date of this Chapter shall be
credited with five days' personal leave on the effective date of this Chapter,
and thereafter, except as herein otherwise provided, shall be credited with
five days' personal leave each year on the anniversary of the effective date of
this Chapter.
(2) Any person who
was separated or granted a leave of absence without pay from State service
prior to the effective date of this Chapter and is hereafter reemployed or
reinstated in State service, and any employee who enters State service after
the effective date of this Chapter, shall be credited with five days' personal
leave on the date of such reemployment, reinstatement or entry, as the case may
be, and thereafter, except as herein otherwise provided, shall be credited with
five days' personal leave each year on the anniversary of such date, and, for
the purpose of crediting personal leave, a per diem or hourly paid employee
shall be deemed to enter State service on the date on which he becomes subject
to the application of this Chapter.
(3) If an employee is separated from State
service, or granted a leave of absence without pay from State service,
subsequent to the effective date of this Chapter, and thereafter is reinstated
or reemployed within one year following the last date upon which personal leave
was credited to him pursuant to this Chapter, the unused personal leave
standing to his credit at the time of separation or leave of absence shall be
restored to him and he shall retain the same anniversary date for the purposes
of crediting personal leave thereafter under this section as that which was
applicable to him prior to such separation or leave of absence.
(4) If an employee is separated from State
service, or granted a leave of absence without pay from State service,
subsequent to the effective date of this Chapter, and thereafter is reinstated
or reemployed more than one year following the last date upon which personal
leave was credited to him pursuant to this Part, such reinstatement or
reemployment shall be deemed to be a new entry into State service for the
purposes of crediting personal leave under this Part.
(5) If an employee is appointed, promoted or
transferred to another department or agency, the unused personal leave standing
to his credit at the time of such appointment, promotion or transfer shall be
transferred with him, and he shall retain the same anniversary date for
purposes of crediting personal leave as that which was applicable to him prior
to such appointment, promotion or transfer.
(b) Personal leave shall not be cumulative,
and any personal leave credit remaining unused by an employee on the date
immediately preceding the anniversary date upon which he is entitled to receive
new personal leave credits hereunder shall be cancelled. Unused personal leave
shall not be liquidated in cash at the time of separation, retirement or
death.
(c) Personal leave may be
drawn only at a time convenient to and approved in advance by the appointing
authority; provided, however, that personal leave allowed for religious
observance shall be granted on the days and hours required, insofar as the same
may be granted at such time without interference with the proper conduct of
governmental functions.
