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The vacation anniversary date is adjusted whenever the employee is on

leave without pay for more than six months or is separated from State

service for a period of six to twelve months. The vacation anniversary date
is adjusted by adding the number of months and days off the payroll due to

leave without pay or separation to the original vacation anniversary date.
Generally, persons reemployed after a separation from State service which

exceeds one year are treated as new employees and are assigned a new
vacation anniversary date.

Use of Vacation
Section 44.2 of the ASU Agreement contains a discussion of the impact

of seniority on scheduling of vacations.
Section 10.4 of the ASU Agreement provides that an employee’s properly

submitted written request for use of accrued vacation credits shall be
answered in writing within five (5) working days of receipt. If an

employee’s request is denied, the employee shall receive a written statement
of the reasons for such denial within five (5) working days of such denial.

Separation
Employees who separate from State service may be eligible for a lump

sum payment for up to 30 days of accrued and unused vacation.
SICK LEAVE

Earning
Sick leave is earned and accumulated at the rate of one-half day each bi-

weekly pay period for a total of 13 days per year and may be accumulated
to a maximum of 200 days. Sick leave is earned only for pay periods during

which an employee is in full pay status for at least seven of the ten workdays

in the pay period.
Use
Proper uses of sick leave include personal illness, visits to doctor or dentist

or other recognized medical practitioner and illness or death in the

employee’s family (up to 15 days per year). For this purpose, family is
defined as any relative or relative-in-law, or any person with whom the

employee has been making his or her home. Family sick leave is available
to employees who are providing direct care to a family member who is ill.

Requests for use of family sick leave for illness or death in the employee’s
family shall not be unreasonably denied. Employees who request leave for

illness or death in the family may be required to present evidence of the

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