Sec. 14.27.02.11. Annual Leave

A. Amount of Leave Earned.

(1) From the 1st through the 6th month of employment, an employee may not earn annual leave. Upon completion of the 6th month of service, the Service shall credit an employee with annual leave for the first 6 months on the basis of 1 hour of leave for each 26 hours worked.

(2) From the beginning of the 1st year of employment through the completion of the 5th year of employment, an employee shall earn annual leave at the rate of 1 hour of leave for each 26 hours worked. An employee who has been employed less than 5 years by the Service may not earn more than 80 hours of annual leave in a calendar year.

(3) From the beginning of the 6th year of service through the completion of the 10th year of employment, an employee shall earn annual leave at the rate of 11/2 hours of leave for each 26 hours worked. An employee who has been employed less than 10 years by the Service may not earn more than 120 hours of annual leave in a calendar year.

(4) From the beginning of the 11th year of service through the completion of the 20th year of service, an employee shall earn annual leave at the rate of 2 hours of leave for each 26 hours worked. An employee who has been employed less than 20 years by the Service may not earn more than 160 hours of annual leave in a calendar year.

(5) From the beginning of the 21st year of service and after that, an employee shall earn annual leave at a rate of 21/2 hours of leave for each 26 hours worked. An employee who has been employed more than 21 years by the Service may not earn more than 200 hours of annual leave a year.

(6) Under this regulation, the amount of hours an employee has worked includes any hours the employee is on paid leave. An employee may not earn annual leave for hours worked in excess of the employee's standard workweek.

(7) Under this regulation, an employee's years of employment include all time the employee has been employed by the Service, regardless of any break in employment with the Service.

B. Accumulated Annual Leave.

(1) An employee may accumulate unused annual leave and may carry over from one calendar year to the next year up to 75 days or 600 hours of that unused annual leave. Any accumulated and unused annual leave in excess of 75 days or 600 hours, whichever is greater, shall be forfeited at the beginning of the first full pay period of the next calendar year.

(2) For a part-time employee, annual leave may be accumulated to a maximum determined on the basis of the percentage of 600 hours of annual leave equal to the percentage of employment, and carried into a new calendar year.

C. Use of Annual Leave. If an employee has sufficient annual leave, then the employee shall make a reasonable effort to use a minimum of 80 hours of annual leave in a calendar year. An employee shall obtain the approval of the employee's supervisor before using annual leave.

D. The Board may establish the amount of annual leave for which designated classes of employees may be eligible to receive. The amount of annual leave may not be less than the amount of annual leave authorized by §A of this regulation. The Board shall determine the circumstances under which the designated classes of employees may utilize annual leave.