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year of State service, must have permanent status as of the point sick leave

at half-pay is to begin (probationers with no permanent hold item are not

eligible), must have exhausted all accrued leave credits and must have
submitted satisfactory medical documentation of personal disability.

Although sick leave at halfpay under the attendance rules is discretionary,
arbitrary denials are not consistent with the intent of the Rules.

PERSONAL LEAVE
Crediting

Employees are credited with five days of personal leave upon appointment
to State service and thereafter with five days each year on the anniversary

date of such appointment. However, if an employee is off the payroll for
any reason on his or her personal leave anniversary date, his or her personal

leave anniversary date is changed to the date he or she returns to the payroll
and he or she is credited with five days of personal leave at that time.

Personal leave is not cumulative and any personal leave credits remaining
unused are cancelled at close of business the day preceding the employee’s

personal leave anniversary date.
While personal leave is provided for absences necessitated by personal

business including religious observance and by extraordinary weather
conditions, it may be used as vacation subject only to those limitations and

restrictions which apply to the use of vacation credits. Personal leave credits
may be used in any case where the absence could properly be charged

against vacation credits and requests for personal leave must be approved
for absences necessitated by religious observance obligations insofar as the

absence will not interfere with the proper conduct of government functions.

While employees are generally not required to provide a reason when
requesting prior approval for use of personal leave, it is incumbent upon any
employee seeking special consideration or reconsideration following initial

denial of a request to use personal leave to provide sufficient explanation of

the reason for the request.
Separation

There is no provision for cash payment for unused personal leave upon
separation from State service.

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