If the employee completes the required years of employment after the first workday of the month, the higher rate of accrual becomes effective the first calendar day of the following month. Upon return to employment after a break in service, an employee who is in a leave-accruing position will accrue vacation leave based on total years of service to the state. A state employee who transfers from one state agency or institution to another with a break in state service of 30 or fewer days will be given credit by the receiving agency or institution for the unused balance of accumulated vacation. This provision also applies to transfers between System components. For purposes of satisfying the six continuous months service requirement for vacation eligibility, the period of employment in the prior agency will be counted if the employment is uninterrupted upon transfer.
Uninterrupted employment is employment unbroken by any unauthorized absences.
Holidays, days on sick leave, weekends, emergency leaves and other approved leaves, with or without pay, do not break the continuity of one's service. 4.2 System employees transferring to another System component or another state agency without an interruption in service or with a break in service of 30 or fewer days may not receive lump-sum payment for accumulated vacation entitlement at the time of their transfer. In determining the vacation accrual rate cited above, all prior employment with any agency or institution of the State of Texas, including student employment, will be counted, except for employment with independent school districts and junior colleges. Any such full calendar month of leave without pay will not constitute a break in continuity of employment. It will not be included in the calculation of six continuous months of employment for eligibility to receive payment for accumulated vacation at the time of resignation, dismissal or separation from state employment.