S.C. Code Regs. § 19-709.03

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 5, May 24, 2024

Section 19-709.03 - USING AND SCHEDULING ANNUAL LEAVE

A. Leave taken under this regulation may qualify as Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave and, if so, will run concurrently.

B. Scheduling Leave

1. To the degree possible, an employee's request for a specific period of annual leave shall be approved. Agencies may consider workloads and similar factors when reviewing the requests.

2. Agency approval is required for the specific periods the employee shall be on annual leave, to include beginning and ending dates and computation of total hours.

C. Maximum Days Used Per Year

1. The maximum number of earned days of annual leave that may be used in any one calendar year shall not exceed 30 workdays.

2. Exception

a. For Family and Medical Leave Act qualifying reasons, an agency may allow an employee who has used all eligible sick leave and 30 days of annual leave to use any remaining annual leave for:

(1) Emergencies or serious health conditions of the employee;

(2) Emergencies or serious health conditions of the employee's immediate family. (Immediate family is defined in Regulation 19-710.04 B. 6.)

b. For emergency or extreme hardship conditions as referenced in Section 8-11-670 of the South Carolina Code of Laws, the agency head or designee may allow an employee, who has used all accumulated sick leave and thirty days of annual leave any remaining annual leave which he has accumulated.

c. An employee may request review by the State Human Resources Director the denial of the use of annual leave as provided in this regulation.

D. Increments for Use of Annual Leave

Use of annual leave shall be calculated at either the actual time or in quarter hour increments.

E. Holiday During Leave

When a holiday is observed by the agency while an employee is using annual leave, the day shall be considered a holiday, not a day of annual leave for the employee.

S.C. Code Regs. 19-709.03

Added by State Register Volume 26, Issue No. 1, eff January 25, 2002. Amended by State Register Volume 34, Issue No. 5, eff May 28, 2010.