Kan. Admin. Regs. § 1-2-46
Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 23, June 6, 2024
Section 1-2-46 - Length of service(a) "Length of service" shall mean total time worked in the classified service or unclassified service, including time spent on an appointment to a position pursuant to K.S.A. 75-2935(1)(i), and amendments thereto. Length of service shall exclude the following: (1) Time worked as a temporary employee in accordance with the provisions of K.A.R. 1-6-25; (2) time worked as a student employed by any board of regents institution; (3) time worked as a resident worker in an institution of mental health as defined in K.S.A. 76-12a01 and amendments thereto or in a state veteran's home operated by the Kansas commission on veteran's affairs; and (4) time worked as an inmate. (b) Time spent on military leave and time off while receiving workers compensation wage replacement for loss of work time shall be considered to be time worked in the classified or unclassified service. Time on leave while receiving workers compensation wage replacement for a disability attributable to state employment before May 1, 1983, shall not be credited. (c) Within educational institutions under the control and supervision of the state board of regents or the state board of education, time spent on leave of absence, if imposed by the educational institution based on employment customs arising from an academic or school calendar requiring less than a full calendar year of service, shall be considered to be time worked in the classified service. However, length of service based on this leave of absence shall not be transferable to other state agencies. For the purposes of layoff, employees of these institutions shall be credited only for actual time worked. (d)(1) Length of service for computing vacation leave accrual rates and for layoff or compensation purposes shall not be recalculated using prior versions of this regulation for employees who have no break in service. (2) Length of service for determining vacation leave accrual rates and for layoff or compensation purposes for an individual returning to state service shall be the amount of length of service on record on December 17, 1995, or on the date the individual left state service, whichever date is later. (e) Authorized leave without pay over 30 consecutive days shall not count toward length of service. However, authorized leave without pay for 30 consecutive days or less shall not be considered a break in service. (f) Increased rates of vacation leave earnings based on length of service shall not be retroactive. (g) For purposes of vacation leave accrual, layoff, and longevity bonus pay, the length of service of any person who has retired from state service shall be reduced to zero, and if the person later returns to state service, the length of service shall be calculated on the same basis as that for a new hire. Kan. Admin. Regs. § 1-2-46
Authorized by K.S.A. 75-3706 and K.S.A. 2005 Supp. 75-3747; implementing K.S.A. 75-3707 and 75-3746; effective May 1, 1983; amended May 1, 1984; amended May 1, 1985; amended, T-87-52, Dec. 19, 1986; amended May 1, 1987; amended Dec. 27, 1993; amended Dec. 17, 1995; amended Sept. 18, 1998; amended June 5, 2005; amended Jan. 12, 2007.