{"id":320,"date":"2014-07-15T00:39:30","date_gmt":"2014-07-15T00:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/staffhandbook\/?page_id=320"},"modified":"2014-07-15T00:39:30","modified_gmt":"2014-07-15T00:39:30","slug":"3-5-1personal-leave-with-pay","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/staffhandbook\/3-5-1personal-leave-with-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"3.5.1\tPersonal Leave with Pay"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\tPersonal leave may be used for vacation and personal business and shall be used for illness of the employee requiring absences of one day or less.&nbsp; Personal leave shall also be used for the first eight hours of an employee&#039;s illness requiring absence of more than a day.&nbsp; The rules of personal leave apply to all 12-month employees and staff personnel.\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\tPersonal leave will be credited to the employee&rsquo;s leave record after completion of each month&rsquo;s service and is then available for use in the following month.&nbsp; Employees who begin work on or before the 15th of the month will receive credit for a full month.&nbsp; Employees beginning work after the 15th of the month will earn credit beginning on the first of the next month.&nbsp; An employee&rsquo;s personal leave balance is reflected on his or her monthly pay record.&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\tEmployees are allowed credit for personal leave computed based on continuous service at the following monthly and annual rates:\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Continuous Service<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Accrual Rate<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>(Monthly)<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Accrual Rate<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>(Annually)<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t1 month to 3 years\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t12 hours\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t18 days\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t37 months to 8 years\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t14 hours\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t21 days\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t97 months to 15 years\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t16 hours\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t24 days\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOver 15 years\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t18 hours\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t27 days\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"clear:both\">\n\t\t&nbsp;\n\t<\/div>\n<ol start=\"1\">\n<li>\n\t\t\t<span style=\"line-height: 1.6em\">There is no limit to the accumulation of earned personal leave.<\/span>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<span style=\"line-height: 1.6em\">Upon termination of employment, each employee shall be paid for unused personal leave not to exceed 30 days.<\/span>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<span style=\"line-height: 1.6em\">Unused personal leave in excess of 30 days shall be counted as creditable service for purposes of the retirement system.<\/span>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<span style=\"line-height: 1.6em\">Should an employee die having accumulated personal leave credit, the wages and salary for the total unused personal leave time (not to exceed 30 days per Miss. 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