N.M. Admin. Code § 10.12.7.8

Current through Register Vol. 36, No. 1, January 14, 2025
Section 10.12.7.8 - ANNUAL LEAVE
A. Employees, except those on full-time educational leave with pay, absence without leave, leave without pay, unpaid Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave, or suspension without pay shall accrue annual leave at the rate of:
(1) 3.08 hours per pay period if less than three years of cumulative employment,
(2) 3.69 hours per pay period if three years or more but less than seven years of cumulative employment,
(3) 4.61 hours per pay period if seven years or more but less than 11 years of cumulative employment,
(4) 5.54 hours per pay period if eleven years or more but less than 15 years of cumulative employment; or
(5) 6.15 hours per pay period if 15 years or more of cumulative employment.
B. For purposes of annual leave accrual rate, any employment in the exempt service and judicial, executive or legislative branches of New Mexico state government shall be counted in determining years of cumulative employment.
C. For purposes of annual leave accrual rate, employment in programs transferred into the department by legislation or other lawful order shall count as cumulative employment.
D. Employees employed on a part-time basis and employees on furlough who work at least eight hours in a pay period shall accrue annual leave on a prorated basis.
E. A maximum of 240 hours of annual leave shall be carried forward after the last pay period beginning in December.
F. Annual leave shall not be used before it is accrued and must be authorized before it is taken in accordance with department policy.
G. Employees separating from the department, except by a reduction in force, shall be paid for accrued annual leave, as of the date of separation, up to a maximum of 240 hours at their current hourly rate. Employees separating from the department as the result of a reduction in force shall be paid for all accrued annual leave, as of the date of separation, at their current hourly rate.
H.The estate of an employee who dies while in employed by the department shall be paid for the employee's total accrued annual leave.

N.M. Admin. Code § 10.12.7.8

Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXVI, Issue 13, July 15, 2015, eff. 7/1/2015