Up to five years of honorable service in the armed forces of the United States completed before entry into the classified service. An employee cannot be credited with the initial leave grant more than once per calendar year. An employee who separates and returns to state service must requalify for additional annual leave. Paid service in excess of 80 hours in a biweekly work period is not counted. When paid service does not total 80 hours in a biweekly work period, leave credits are pro-rated based on hours in pay status for that pay period.
Annual leave is credited at the end of each biweekly work period.
An employee is suspended or dismissed in accordance with commission rules and is subsequently returned to employment with full service benefits. An employee may use the initial grant of 16 hours immediately upon hire, with the prior approval of the appointing authority. An employee may use annual leave only with the prior approval of the appointing authority, except that an employee may use accrued annual leave when an insufficient amount of sick leave exists to cover an absence for which sick leave is normally used. In this circumstance, the standards of regulation 5.10 pertaining to use of sick leave apply. Annual leave is available for use only in biweekly work periods subsequent to the biweekly work period in which it is earned.