25 NCAC 01E .1306. LEAVE ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES

The following conditions shall control the accounting and usage procedures for leave donations in the Voluntary Shared Leave program:

(1)           The agency may establish a specific time period during which leave can be donated.

(2)           All leave donated shall be credited to the recipient's sick leave account and is available for use on a current basis or may be retroactive for up to 60 calendar days to substitute for advanced vacation or sick leave already granted to the recipient or to substitute for leave without pay.  Donated leave shall be applied to advanced leave before applying it to leave without pay.

(3)           At the expiration of the medical condition, as determined by the agency, any unused leave in the recipient's donated leave account shall be treated as follows:

(a)           The recipient's vacation and sick leave account balance shall not exceed a combined total of 40 hours (prorated for part-time employees).

(b)           Any additional unused donated leave shall be returned to active (working or on leave without pay) donor(s) on a pro rata basis and credited to the leave account from which it was donated.

(4)           If a recipient separates due to resignation, death, or retirement from state government, participation in the program ends.  Donated leave shall be returned to active donor(s) on a pro rata basis.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 126‑4;

Eff. May 1, 1990;

Amended Eff. December 1, 2007; October 1, 2004; July 1, 1993; December 1, 1993;

September 1, 1992.