A.POLICY

This policy was established for the purpose of providing annual employees with up to 30 hours of paid leave each fiscal year to be utilized in recognition of the fact that personal matters must be done during normal work hours from time to time.

B.POLICY GUIDELINES

1. Eligible employees must meet the following criteria:
   1. Must be classified as a full-time or part-time annual employee working 20 or more hours per week.
   2. New employees will be granted a prorated amount of personal leave.
   3. Full-time employees working 30 hours or more will be granted 30 hours of personal leave. Part-time employees working 20-29 hours will be granted 21.75 hours of personal leave
   4. Personal days will accumulate with no limitation of maximum accrual.
   5. Personal days can be utilized as sick leave if the employee’s sick leave bank is depleted.
   6. Employees may utilize personal leave only for the days and hours for which they normally would have been scheduled to work but not to include scheduled overtime. Personal leave may not be used to extend an employee’s active pay status for the purpose of accruing overtime or compensatory time. Personal leave may be used in conjunction with the bereavement leave policy to extend the bereavement period; however, personal leave may not be used to cover unexcused absences. Personal leave may only be used to extend holidays or vacation time if the situation warrants and with the supervisor’s approval.                                                                          It may not be used to extend an employee’s date of resignation or retirement.
   7. Approval for personal leave shall be requested three (3) working days in advance, except in an emergency. Requests must be submitted electronically. Retroactive requests may be approved by the appropriate supervisor.
   8. Personal leave may be requested and utilized in one-hour increments. Employees may not utilize more than three consecutive personal days unless there are extenuating circumstances.
   9. Upon separation from the College, all unused personal leave will be converted to sick leave.