31 IAC 5-8-4 Personal leave

Sec. 4. (a) For purposes of this article, "personal leave" means an absence from duty with pay for personal reasons. (b) Personal leave accrues 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 is not granted to the following employees: (1) Hourly. (2) Per diem. (3) Temporary. (4) Intermittent. (5) Contractual. (6) Employees working less than half time. (c) An employee may not accrue a personal leave balance exceeding twenty-two and one-half (22.5) hours. If an employee is otherwise eligible to accrue personal leave, but the accrual would increase the employee's account balance beyond the twenty-two and one-half (22.5) hour limit, the personal leave is credited to the employee's accrued sick leave balance. (d) An appointing authority may establish procedures for employees to follow in securing authorization for a personal leave absence. (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 later rehired has reinstated any personal leave accrued, but unused and uncompensated, at the time of resignation. (g) Acknowledging 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 are converted for those police officers 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 are adjusted proportionately to reflect the change in the number of hours of the standard work day.