2 AAC 08.062 - Accumulation of personal leave

(a) Except as provided in AS 39.20.240, 2 AAC 08.060, this section, and personal leave that is not taken by an employee during the leave year accumulates for the employee's use in succeeding leave years.

(b) Except as provided in (d), (e) and (f) of this section, an employee may not accumulate more than 1,000 hours of personal leave at the end of each leave year.

(c) If an employee's personal leave balance is projected to exceed 1000 hours at the end of the leave year, the employee and supervisor will be notified by the employee's payroll office by May 1 of each year, and the employee must submit a plan to use the personal leave to the employee's supervisor for written approval by June 1 of each year. The supervisor will approve the plan so long as the plan does not significantly disrupt business operations. If the employee's plan is not approved, the supervisor will suggest an alternative plan. If the employee fails to submit a plan, adhere to an approved plan, or the employee and the employee's supervisor fail to agree on a plan, the employee's division director or equivalent will order the employee to take sufficient personal leave to reduce the employee's balance or potential leave balance at the end of the leave year below the accumulation maximum. The agreed upon plan may be amended with mutual agreement of the employee and supervisor.

(d) An employee may be approved to carry over more than 1000 hours of accrued personal leave to succeeding leave years if the department or agency head certifies in writing that the employee was unable to reduce the employee's accrued hours because the employee was denied the opportunity to use the personal leave due to

(1) fire, flood, or other emergency affecting the employer's operation; or

(2) the assignment of work of a priority nature over a substantial period of the leave year.

(e) If on the first day of the leave year, an employee has an accumulated balance of more than 1000 hours, the difference between the employee's personal leave balance and 1000 hours shall be deducted from the employee's personal leave account and paid to the employee at the cash value except that the requirements of 2 AAC 08.060(c) continue to apply.

(f) This subsection only applies to an employee who had a balance of accumulated personal leave in excess of 400 hours on December 16, 2013. Each such employee shall, until that balance becomes 400 hours or less on the first day of any subsequent leave year,

(1) be exempt from the limitation under (b) and (c) of this section; and

(2) take at least 15 days of personal leave during each leave year in place of the 10 days under 2 AAC 08.060.

Notes

2 AAC 08.062

Eff. 12/16/2013, Register 209, April 2014; am 10/29/2015, Register 216, January 2016

Authority:AS 39.20.200

AS 39.20.225

AS 39.20.320