A. Computation
1. Employees who are in pay status one-half
or more but not all of the workdays of the month shall earn annual leave for
the full month. If they are in pay status for less than one-half the workdays,
they shall earn no annual leave.
2.
Employees shall earn annual leave while on annual leave, sick leave, or other
authorized leave with pay. Employees shall not earn annual leave while on leave
without pay.
3. Employees' annual
leave earnings are computed based on the number of hours in the employee's
workday.
4. Employees' annual leave
earnings are based on the employee's leave accrual date. The leave accrual date
reflects:
a. All State service in an FTE
position, including part-time service, adjusted to reflect periods when there
was a break in service;
b. All
service as a certified employee in a permanent position of a school district of
this State; and
c. At the
discretion of the agency head or his designee, all service in any temporary
capacity counted towards the employee's probationary period. (Refer to
Regulation 19-704.02 D. 2.)
B. Rate of Earnings
1. Five-Day Workweek Schedule of 37.5 or 40
Hours Per Week
a. To determine the number of
hours in a workday, divide the total number of hours an employee is regularly
scheduled to work during a week by five (regardless of the number of days the
employee actually reports to work).
b. Service of Ten Years or Less
Employees on a five-day workweek schedule with service time
of less than ten years shall earn annual leave at the rate of 1 1/4 workdays
per month of service in each calendar year. (See Chart #1 and Chart #2 below.)
In addition, all service as a certified employee in a permanent position of a
school district of this State must be used to calculate the leave accrual
date.
c. Service of More
Than Ten Years
Employees on a five-day per workweek schedule with State
service time of more than ten years shall earn a bonus of 1 1/4 workdays of
annual leave for each year of service over ten years. (See Chart #1 and Chart
#2 below.) In addition, all service as a certified employee in a permanent
position of a school district of this State must be used to calculate the leave
accrual date.
Chart #1
Five Days, 37.5 Hours Per Workweek Schedule
(may be rounded to the nearest two decimal places)
Earning Rate
|
Years of Service 1-10
|
Days Per Year 15.00
|
Hours Per Month 9.375
|
11
|
16.25
|
10.156
|
12
|
17.50
|
10.937
|
13
|
18.75
|
11.718
|
14
|
20.00
|
12.500
|
15
|
21.25
|
13.281
|
16
|
22.50
|
14.062
|
17
|
23.75
|
14.843
|
18
|
25.00
|
15.624
|
19
|
26.25
|
16.406
|
20
|
27.50
|
17.187
|
21
|
28.75
|
17.968
|
22 & over
|
30.00
|
18.750
|
Chart #2
Five Days, 40 Hours Per Workweek Schedule
(may be rounded to the nearest two decimal places)
Earning Rate
|
Years of Service
|
Days Per Year
|
Hours Per Month
|
1-10
|
15.00
|
10.000
|
11
|
16.25
|
10.833
|
12
|
17.50
|
11.666
|
13
|
18.75
|
12.500
|
14
|
20.00
|
13.333
|
15
|
21.25
|
14.167
|
16
|
22.50
|
15.000
|
17
|
23.75
|
15.833
|
18
|
25.00
|
16.667
|
19
|
26.25
|
17.500
|
20
|
27.50
|
18.333
|
21
|
28.75
|
19.167
|
22 & over
|
30.00
|
20.000
|
2. Schedules Other Than a Five-Day Workweek
of 37.5 or 40 Hours Per Week
All employees earn the number of days per year based on their
years of service. However, the earning rate in hours per month varies according
to the length of the workday. If the workday differs from eight hours, divide
the number of hours in the workday by eight, then multiply this ratio by the
earnings rate in the last column of Chart #2 above. Examples of such schedules
could include:
a. Law enforcement
employees who are regularly scheduled to work 43 hours per week. Forty-three
hours divided by five equals a workday of 8.6 hours;
b. Fire protection employees who are
regularly scheduled to work 53 hours per week. Fifty-three hours divided by
five equals a workday of 10.6 hours;
c. Part-time employees who are regularly
scheduled to work 20 hours per week. Twenty hours divided by five equals a
workday of four hours; or
d.
Full-time employees who are regularly scheduled to work 39 hours per week.
Thirty-nine hours divided by five equals a workday of 7.8 hours.
C. Maximum Accrual and
Carryover
1. Employees shall be permitted to
carryover from one calendar year to the next any unused annual leave up to a
total accumulation of 45 workdays; EXCEPT THAT, employees of an agency which
provided for maximum accumulation in excess of 45 workdays as of June 2, 1972,
shall not forfeit the excess, but shall retain excess leave which shall be the
maximum amount the employee may carryover into future years. If the employee
subsequently reduces the amount of such leave carried over, the reduced amount,
if in excess of 45 workdays, shall become the employee's maximum carryover into
future years. If the employee further reduces the amount of such leave carried
over to 45 workdays or less, 45 days shall become the maximum amount of unused
annual leave the employee may thereafter carryover. During the calendar year,
an employee may earn annual leave in excess of the 45 workdays; however, the
employee may only carryover 45 days to the next calendar year.
2. An employee who changes from being
full-time to part-time or from part-time to full-time, without a break in
service, shall retain the annual leave hours previously earned. If this change
results in the employee having a maximum accumulation in excess of 45 workdays
as of the effective date of the change, the employee shall not forfeit the
excess. The employee shall retain this excess leave which shall be the maximum
amount the employee may carryover into future years. If the employee
subsequently reduces the amount of such leave carried over, the reduced amount,
if in excess of 45 workdays, shall become the employee's maximum carryover into
future years. If the employee further reduces the amount of such leave carried
over to 45 workdays or less, 45 days shall become the maximum amount of unused
annual leave the employee may thereafter carryover. During the calendar year,
an employee may earn annual leave in excess of the 45 workdays; however, the
employee may only carryover 45 days to the next calendar year.
Notes
S.C. Code Regs.
19-709.02
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.