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AL Code § 36-26-27.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 26 - State Personnel Department and Merit System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-26-27.1 - Placement of Disciplinary Documents in the Personnel File of a State Employee.

Section 36-26-27.1Placement of disciplinary documents in the personnel file of a state employee. Notwithstanding any other laws, rules, or regulations to the contrary, when a document pertaining to disciplinary action, including, but not limited to, written reprimands, suspensions, notes pertaining to oral reprimands or counselings regarding a state employee, or notes pertaining to matters that may be used regarding the employee in a disciplinary action are placed in the employee's personnel file, the agency which is the employer shall supply a copy of the documentation to the employee no later than 10 days after its inclusion in his or her personnel file. In the event that the information is not provided to the employee within 10 days as herein required, the reprimands or notes shall be removed from the employee's file and shall not be used against the employee in any future proceeding or disciplinary action. (Act 99-401, p. 669, § 1.)
AL Code § 36-26-28 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 26 - State Personnel Department and Merit System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-26-28 - Suspensions.

Section 36-26-28Suspensions. (a) An appointing authority may peremptorily suspend any employee without pay or other compensation as punishment for improper behavior, but the suspension or total suspension by the appointing authority of the person shall not exceed 30 business days in any year of service. The suspension with loss of pay may be effected only by service upon the employee by the appointing authority of written charges setting out clearly the reasons for which the suspension is being considered. Within 10 business days, the employee must accept the suspension or request a suspension hearing. If the employee requests a suspension hearing, the appointing authority shall appoint an independent hearing officer to receive evidence and issue a recommendation on the proposed suspension. The appointing authority may accept or reject the recommendation of the hearing officer. If the appointing authority rejects the recommendation, written justification for the rejection must be provided to the employee. (b) The appointing authority shall appoint an independent hearing officer from a list of eligible hearing officers which shall be maintained by the State Personnel Department. The appointed hearing officer may be employed by the appointing authority, but shall be independent of the division or area in which the employee works. Any challenge as to the appointment of the independent hearing officer shall be made to the State Personnel Director within five days of notification of the appointment. For the purposes of this section, a hearing officer shall be any person or persons approved by the State Personnel Department to hear a suspension case. If it is the preference of the appointing authority, a hearing officer may be appointed from the Governmental Hearing Officer register, which is compiled and maintained by the State Personnel Department. (c) Nothing in this section limits an appointing authority's power to provide additional due process safeguards to employees. (d) The burden of proof shall lie with the appointing authority to prove the charges forming the basis of the suspension. (e) Those departments or agencies currently having an existing process for suspension hearings may continue to use the existing process, provided that they observe tenets of due process, including that the burden of proof shall lie with the appointing authority. (f) This section shall not apply to any department which currently employs and continues to employ as a standard practice in such cases a pre-disciplinary hearing before an independent hearing officer who makes a recommendation for disciplinary action to the appointing authority based upon a fair hearing of the matter. (Acts 1939, No. 58, p. 68, §25; Code 1940, T. 55, §316; Act 2001-670, p. 1404, §1; Act 2012-463, p. 1282, §1; Act 2019-127, §1.)
AL Code § 36-26-29 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 26 - State Personnel Department and Merit System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-26-29 - Limitation Period for Charges for Dismissal or Disciplinary Action.

Section 36-26-29Limitation period for charges for dismissal or disciplinary action. No charges for dismissal or disciplinary action shall be preferred against any employee in the classified service of the state after the expiration of three years from the date such cause became known to the authority having the power to dismiss or discipline such employee. (Acts 1951, No. 986, p. 1661, § 1.)
AL Code § 36-26-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 26 - State Personnel Department and Merit System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-26-30 - Effect of Entry, etc., Into Active Service of United States Armed Forces Upon Status of Classified Employees.

Section 36-26-30Effect of entry, etc., into active service of United States Armed Forces upon status of classified employees. Any person who, at the time he is called into active service in any of the Armed Forces of the United States or at the time when he enters into the active service in any of the Armed Forces of the United States, has any status whatsoever under this article in the classified service as defined by this article, shall not thereby lose his status by reason of his service in any of the Armed Forces of the United States. (Acts 1939, No. 651, p. 1027, §1; Code 1940, T. 55, §316(1).)
AL Code § 36-26-31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 26 - State Personnel Department and Merit System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-26-31 - Granting of Leave of Absence for Service in Armed Forces of United States.

Section 36-26-31Granting of leave of absence for service in Armed Forces of United States. Upon the application in writing of any such person, which application shall be directed to and filed with the State Director of Personnel, the State Personnel Board shall enter upon its minutes an order or memorandum granting to such applicant an indefinite leave of absence for such length of time as such applicant shall honorably serve in any of the Armed Forces of the United States. (Acts 1939, No. 651, p. 1027, §2; Code 1940, T. 55, §316(2).)
AL Code § 36-26-32 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 26 - State Personnel Department and Merit System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-26-32 - Restoration of Employee to Former Position After Service in Armed Forces.

Section 36-26-32Restoration of employee to former position after service in armed forces. At any time before the expiration of 12 months after the termination of the period of honorable service of such applicant in any of the Armed Forces of the United States, he may apply in writing, which application shall be directed to and filed with the State Director of Personnel, for the termination of his leave of absence. Within 30 days of the filing of such application, the State Personnel Board shall consider the same and, if the mental and physical condition of the applicant are such that he is not thereby disqualified to perform the duties of such position from which he had leave of absence, it shall thereupon order his restoration to said position, effective upon the date on which the said order is made and entered. Such restoration shall be made, as provided in this section, notwithstanding the fact that it results in the layoff of the incumbent who is serving in such position. (Acts 1939, No. 651, p. 1027, §3; Code 1940, T. 55, §316(3).)
AL Code § 36-26-32.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 26 - State Personnel Department and Merit System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-26-32.1 - Restoration to Merit or Civil Service Classification After Acceptance of Nonmerit Appointment; Conditions; Effect on Other Employees.

Section 36-26-32.1Restoration to merit or civil service classification after acceptance of nonmerit appointment; conditions; effect on other employees. (a) Any person who has held a classified position in any merit or civil service system within the State of Alabama or within any political subdivision thereof and relinquished that position to accept an appointment to an unclassified position shall be returned to permanent status in the same merit classification which that person held at the time of appointment, providing that person shall: (1) Choose to be returned to the merit or civil service classification. (2) Have accepted an appointment to an unclassified position within the same agency where employment was under the merit or civil service system. (3) Not have had a break in service exceeding one pay period. (4) Not have been the subject to any pending disciplinary action at time of appointment. (5) Have had at least 10 years service in the merit or civil service system at time of appointment. (b) Any person who returns to a former merit or civil service classification under the provisions of subsection (a) shall revert to his or her former position in which he or she held status in the classified service. The reversion shall be without loss of salary or other benefits which would have accrued to the employee and to which the employee would have otherwise been entitled had he or she remained within the classified service. It is further provided, that when a person returns to a former classification no person serving in that classification shall be reduced in classification but reduction if necessary shall be accomplished by attrition. (Acts 1980, No. 80-730, p. 1475, §§1, 2; Act 2015-478, §1.)
AL Code § 36-26-33 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 26 - State Personnel Department and Merit System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-26-33 - Rights and Privileges Upon Entry, etc., Into Military Service of Employees Not in Classified Service.

Section 36-26-33Rights and privileges upon entry, etc., into military service of employees not in classified service. Those employees who are not in the classified service, as defined by this article, upon being called into or entering the military service, shall have the same rights and privileges as to reemployment by the state or any department thereof as are granted to those employees in the classified service by Sections 36-26-30 through 36-26-32. (Acts 1951, Ex. Sess., No. 5, p. 169, §8.)
AL Code § 36-26-34 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 26 - State Personnel Department and Merit System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-26-34 - Granting, etc., of Time Off to Comply With Religious Obligations.

Section 36-26-34Granting, etc., of time off to comply with religious obligations. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the head of each department or independent establishment in the state government shall grant, under regulations prescribed by the State Personnel Board, to employees under their respective jurisdictions, to the extent compatible with the exigencies of the public business and the performance of essential services, time off from duty (without charge to any leave otherwise authorized by law and without loss of compensation and other employee benefits) to comply with religious obligations prescribed by religious denominations of which such employees are bona fide members. Any such time off so granted shall be made up by the employee concerned under appropriate regulations of the authority concerned. Any denial of such time off shall be predicated on a written answer of the authority concerned which shall state the reasons for such denial and shall be transmitted to the employee concerned. (Acts 1967, No. 212, p. 576, § 1.)
AL Code § 36-26-35 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 26 - State Personnel Department and Merit System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-26-35 - Annual Leave.

Section 36-26-35Annual leave. (a) All persons who are regularly employed by the state and who are subject to the provisions of the state Merit System, and all legislative personnel, officers, and employees, including, but not limited to, Legislative Services Agency personnel, whether subject to the state Merit System or not, shall be entitled to accumulate annual leave on the basis of biweekly pay periods through the payday on March 17, 2006, as follows: Employee's total service with:Accumulation of leave per pay periodAnnual AccumulationFewer than five years' service 4 hours 13 daysFive but less than 10 years' service 5 hours 16 days 2 hours10 but less than 15 years' service 6 hours 19 days 4 hours15 but less than 20 years' service 7 hours 22 days 6 hours20 but less than 25 years' service 8 hours 26 days25 years of service or more 9 hours 29 days 2 hours (b) Beginning with the payday on April 3, 2006, all persons who are regularly employed by the state and who are subject to the provisions of the state Merit System, and all legislative personnel, officers, and employees, including, but not limited to, Legislative Services Agency personnel, whether subject to the state Merit System or not, shall be entitled to accumulate annual leave on the basis of semi-monthly pay periods as follows:Employee's total service with:Accumulation of leave per pay periodAnnual AccumulationFewer than five years' service 4 hours 20 minutes13 daysFive but less than 10 years' service 5 hours 25 minutes16 days 2 hours10 but less than 15 years' service 6 hours 30 minutes19 days 4 hours15 but less than 20 years' service 7 hours 35 minutes22 days 6 hours20 but less than 25 years' service 8 hours 40 minutes26 days25 years of service or more 9 hours 45 minutes29 days 2 hours  (c) Maximum accrued leave after 25 years of service shall be limited to 29 1/4 days per year, and the maximum number of days of annual leave which may be carried over at the end of each year shall be limited to 60 days. (d) Any law enforcement officer in the Department of Public Safety shall be entitled to receive payment for any accrued and unused annual leave days in excess of 60 days, up to a maximum of 10 days per year. Payment shall be calculated using the officer's regular rate of pay. (e) Any merit classification of employee of the Department of Corrections requiring certification as correctional or law enforcement officers by the Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission may receive payment for any accrued and unused annual leave hours in excess of 480 hours, up to a maximum of 80 hours per year. Payment shall be calculated using the employee's regular rate of pay.  (Acts 1973, No. 752, p. 1125, §1; Acts 1980, No. 80-752, p. 1556, § 1; Acts 1997, No. 97-716, p. 1486, §1; Act 2005-316, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 766, §1; Act 2019-286, §2.)
AL Code § 36-26-35.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 26 - State Personnel Department and Merit System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-26-35.1 - Annual Leave Carry Over Limit Increased for Certain Personnel.

Section 36-26-35.1Annual leave carry over limit increased for certain personnel.  (a) Notwithstanding any other laws, the carry over limit on annual leave for personnel in state departments and agencies who are assigned to work on year 2000 (Y2K) problems and projects may be increased from 480 to not more than 714 hours of annual leave for the years beginning on January 1, 2000, January 1, 2001, and January 1, 2002, upon request by the appointing authority to the Director of Finance for his or her approval of an increase in the limit. (b) When the Director of Finance approves an increased limit on annual leave for such an employee pursuant to subsection (a), the employee shall earn the additional annual leave in excess of 480 hours in accordance with the schedule for accumulation of annual leave prescribed in subsection (a) of Section 36-26-35. (c) On December 31, 2002, the carry over limit of 480 hours of annual leave shall again be applicable to any state employee who was excepted from the limit for a certain time under the foregoing provisions of this section. (d) No employee carrying over more than 480 hours of annual leave under this section shall be compensated for more than 480 hours of accumulated annual leave upon his or her retirement, resignation, or termination. (Act 99-629, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 39, §1.)
AL Code § 36-26-35.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 26 - State Personnel Department and Merit System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-26-35.2 - Annual Leave.

Section 36-26-35.2Annual leave. Notwithstanding any other laws to the contrary, a state employee employed in any branch of state government may donate his or her accrued and unused annual, sick, or compensatory leave to another state employee who has qualified for catastrophic sick leave or maternity leave. The donation shall be subject to the approval of the appointing authority of the employee making the donation and, if the donating employee is in a position with a lower pay grade than the position of the employee receiving the donation, the approval of the State Personnel Board. The appointing authority of the employee receiving the donation may limit the number of hours an employee may receive per catastrophic illness or maternity leave. No employee may receive more than 480 hours of donated leave throughout his or her career with the state without the approval of the State Personnel Board. (Act 2001-352, p. 457, §1; Act 2002-391, p. 984, §1; Act 2007-293, p. 524, §1; Act 2012-376, p. 938, §1.)
AL Code § 36-26-36 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 26 - State Personnel Department and Merit System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-26-36 - Partial Payment of Accrued Sick Leave at Time of Retirement or Death; Calculation, Accumulation, and Use of Sick Leave.

Section 36-26-36Partial payment of accrued sick leave at time of retirement or death; calculation, accumulation, and use of sick leave. (a) Upon retirement, each employee who acquires sick leave pursuant to the state Merit System shall receive payment of 50 percent of his or her accrued and unused sick leave, not to include escrowed sick leave as provided herein, at the time of his or her retirement, and payments for the sick leave shall be made at the same rate as his or her regular pay, not to exceed 600 hours. (b) When a state employee in the classified service dies while in active service to the state, the estate of the deceased employee shall receive a monetary payment of 50 percent of the accrued and unused sick leave, not to exceed 600 hours, which the employee was credited with at the time of his or her death. (c) The state shall calculate sick leave each pay period. Sick leave earned over 1200 hours shall be considered excess sick leave which shall be accrued and credited to the employee for use as sick leave in the year the excess sick leave is earned. (d) Excess sick leave over 1200 hours shall be placed in escrow for the state employee who earned the sick leave to be used only as may be provided by State Personnel Board rules. (e) This section does not preclude the accumulation of and payment for a greater number of hours of sick leave to an employee upon retirement pursuant to Section 16-1-18.1. (Acts 1973, No. 752, p. 1125, §2; Acts 1996, No. 96-652, p. 1050, §1; Act 2000-328, p. 524, §1; Act 2012-376, p. 938, §1.)
AL Code § 36-26-36.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 26 - State Personnel Department and Merit System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-26-36.1 - Conversion of Unused Sick Leave Into Membership Service for Retirement Purposes.

Section 36-26-36.1Conversion of unused sick leave into membership service for retirement purposes. (a) Any Tier I plan member of the Teachers' or Employees' Retirement System of Alabama not otherwise covered by a provision to convert unused sick leave into membership service for purposes of service retirement may, at their option and in lieu of receiving payment for 50 percent of their accrued and unused sick leave at the time of their retirement as provided in Section 36-26-36, or any other payment that may be provided for such unused sick leave, use their accrued sick leave, up to a maximum number of 180 accrued sick leave days or as otherwise allowed by law, whichever is greater, to be included as membership service in determining the total years of creditable service in the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama or the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama; provided that no employee of an employer participating in the Employees' Retirement System pursuant to Section 36-27-6 shall be entitled to the benefits provided herein unless such employer shall elect to come under the provisions of this section and further elects to fund the benefits provided herein. Unused sick leave may be converted to membership service only for the purpose of applying for service retirement and may be considered in the determination of eligibility for retirement. The conversion shall not apply to eligibility for deferred retirement. It is further provided that if a Tier I plan member eligible for service retirement is also eligible for disability retirement the member may elect disability retirement and also receive credit for accumulated sick leave pursuant to this section. No Tier I plan member shall receive both service credit provided for by this section and payment or partial payment for accrued sick leave pursuant to any other provision of law. (b) The conversion of accrued sick leave into creditable service provided in this section shall not apply to any Tier II plan member. (Acts 1986, No. 86-502, p. 983, §1; Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88-904, p. 472, §1; Acts 1989, Ex. Sess., No. 89-990, p. 35, §1; Acts 1991, No. 91-617, p. 1158, §1; Act 2012-377, p. 944, §1.)
AL Code § 36-26-36.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 26 - State Personnel Department and Merit System.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-26-36.2 - Donation of Leave; Implementation.

Section 36-26-36.2Donation of leave; implementation. (a) Annual leave, compensatory leave, and sick leave donation programs for catastrophic illnesses or maternity leave of qualified state employees shall provide for donations of leave to occur between all state employees employed in the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Branches of state government. (b) The personnel departments of all branches of state government shall coordinate efforts to promulgate and implement the administrative rules and procedures necessary to implement this section. (Act 2001-352, p. 457, §2; Act 2002-391, p. 984, §1; Act 2012-376, p. 938, §1.)