Section 31 IAC 5-8-4 - Personal leaveAuthority: IC 4-15-2.2-19
Affected: IC 4-15-2.2
Sec. 4.
(a) "Personal leave" means an absence from duty with pay for personal reasons.(b) Personal leave shall accrue to full-time employees at the rate of seven and one-half (7.5) hours for every four (4) months of full-time employment and to part-time employees working at least half time at the rate of three and three-fourths (3.75) hours for every four (4) months of service. Personal leave shall not be granted to hourly, per diem, temporary, intermittent, contractual, or employees working less than half time.(c) No employee may accrue a personal leave balance in excess of twenty-two and one-half (22.5) hours. If an employee is otherwise eligible to accrue personal leave, but the accrual thereof would increase his or her account balance beyond the twenty-two and one-half (22.5) hour limit, the personal leave shall be credited to the employee's accrued sick leave balance.(d) The appointing authority may establish procedures for employees to follow in securing authorization for absence on personal leave.(e) On separation, compensation for unused personal leave is only permitted under the retiree leave conversion program described in 31 IAC 5-10.(f) An employee who resigns in good standing and is subsequently rehired shall have reinstated any personal leave that was accrued but unused and uncompensated at the time of resignation.(g) In recognition of the fact that certain police officers have a standard work day of eight and one-half (8.5) hours instead of seven and one-half (7.5) hours, the references to the numbers of hours in this section shall be converted for those police officers who are subject to 31 IAC 5-7-8(b) as follows: | Hours Stated in this Section | Hours Converted for Police Officers |
| 3.75 | 4.25 |
| 7.5 | 8.5 |
| 22.5 | 25.5 |
If an employee transfers into or out of affected police officer positions, the employee's leave balances will be adjusted proportionately to reflect the change in the number of hours of the standard work day.
State Personnel Department; 31 IAC 5-8-4; filed May 10, 2012, 2:32 p.m.: 20120606-IR-031110446FRAReadopted filed 6/1/2018, 9:50 a.m.: 20180627-IR-031180194RFA