S.C. Code Regs. 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.
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