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TN Code § 8-50-803 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 8 - Leave for State Employees|§ 8-50-803. Full-Time Service Accrual for Annual or Sick Leave Purposes

  In determining the amount of full-time service accrued by an employee of the state of Tennessee, all full-time service accumulated while employed in any agency, office, or department of the state or in any state college or university shall be credited for purposes of the leave computation set out in §§ 8-50-801 and 8-50-802. Any former member of the general assembly who, as of July 1, 1988, was eligible to accrue annual leave under § 8-50-801, shall be credited for each year of legislative service as twelve (12) months of full-time service for all time served in the general assembly when determining the annual leave computation in § 8-50-801.   In addition, all earned leave accrued while employed in any agency, office or department of the state or in any state college or university shall be fully transferable between such agencies, offices, departments, colleges and universities.   In addition, all earned sick leave provided for by §§ 49-5-701, 49-5-707, and 49-5-710, which is accrued by a teacher employed by a local school board in Tennessee who leaves the employ of that board and becomes an employee of any agency, office, department, or institution of the state or any state college or university, and participates in the sick leave program provided in this part, shall be considered accumulated state sick leave under § 8-50-802.   Any person may waive such conversion by notice to the authority responsible for that person's appointment.   The previous employer shall certify to the new employer that the sick leave for which credit is being sought actually is accrued and due and is substantiated by records of the agency compiled during the course of such employment and not from records compiled solely for purposes of establishing leave credit.   The conversion of sick leave under this section shall be available to any employee who has transferred employment from a local school system to any herein named agency of state government.
TN Code § 8-50-804 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 8 - Leave for State Employees|§ 8-50-804. Employees Returning to State Service — Credit for Prior Employment

  Whenever an employee who has worked on a full-time, continuous basis for the state of Tennessee for at least one (1) full year leaves state employment in good standing and returns to state service as a full-time state employee, the employee shall immediately be credited with all sick leave to which the employee was entitled at the time of the previous termination; provided, that any such employee having had at least one (1) full year of employment and returning to state service as a full-time state employee who has had any interim employment with the state of Tennessee for less than one (1) year shall not be disqualified from receiving such credited sick leave to which the employee was otherwise qualified to receive because of the employee's prior employment with the state.   The personnel officer or appointing authority of the last employing department shall be responsible for certifying entitlement to such sick leave credit to the agency reemploying the employee so entitled.   This section shall be effective as to eligible employees who have returned to state service.
TN Code § 8-50-805 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 8 - Leave for State Employees|§ 8-50-805. Previous Local School Board Employees or Teachers — Sick Leave

 Sections 8-50-803 and 8-50-804 do not apply to state employees or teachers employed by a local school board in Tennessee who leave the employ of the state or of that board in good standing and become full-time state employees within six (6) months of the date of termination. Such employees shall immediately be credited with all sick leave to which they were entitled at the time of the previous termination.
TN Code § 8-50-806 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 8 - Leave for State Employees|§ 8-50-806. Leave for Adoptive Parents

 Special leave shall be granted for a period of twelve (12) weeks to adoptive parents. Employees may use sick leave and annual leave for all or a portion of that twelve (12) weeks, not to exceed the employee's leave balance if the child is one (1) year old or less; in the event both parents are state employees, the aggregate of sick leave used for such purpose is limited to twelve (12) weeks. In order to be eligible for adoptive leave, the employee shall submit to the appointing authority a statement from a state-licensed child-placing agency verifying the adoption. Additional special leave may be granted at the discretion of the appointing authority not to exceed one (1) year. In the event the adoption process is not completed, the approval of leave pursuant to this section is rescinded. This section shall not apply in case of stepchild or adult adoption.
TN Code § 8-50-807 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 8 - Leave for State Employees|§ 8-50-807. Termination Compensation

  Each officer and employee entitled to annual leave by this part shall be compensated upon termination for the officer's or employee's unused accrued annual leave. Annual and sick leave shall not be accrued during a terminal leave period.   All persons entitled to terminal leave who are subject to retirement under the state retirement system or teachers' retirement system shall be compensated for their terminal leave prior to the effective date of their retirement.   All persons entitled to terminal leave at death, the compensation covering the same shall be paid to their estate or to their designated beneficiary.   Any employee who is dismissed or terminated from state service for gross misconduct, or who resigns from state service to avoid dismissal for gross misconduct, or who was guilty of gross misconduct prior to leaving state service, shall not be entitled to collect any of the benefits hereunder.
TN Code § 8-50-808 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 8 - Leave for State Employees|§ 8-50-808. Estates of Deceased Employees — Beneficiaries

  The estate of any employee, on the employee's death, or the estate of any deceased employee which is being compensated for terminal leave on June 3, 1981, shall be compensated for the employee's unused and accrued sick leave in the same manner that the estates of deceased employees are compensated for terminal leave.   An employee may designate a beneficiary to receive payment for accrued annual, sick leave and compensatory leave upon the employee's death. Unless an employee designates differently, the beneficiary shall be the same as designated for receipt of retirement benefits with the Tennessee consolidated retirement system.
TN Code § 8-50-809 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 8 - Leave for State Employees|§ 8-50-809. Applicability — Exemptions

  These provisions for annual, sick leave and terminal leave do not apply to the members of the instructional staffs of the special schools administered by the department of education.   This part, except for those provisions that relate to annual/sick leave transfer, sick leave reinstatement, or §§ 8-50-802(a)(4) and 8-50-806, shall not apply to officers or employees of the University of Tennessee system or the state university and community college system. The board of regents, the state university boards, and the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee shall prepare a leave policy to apply to their respective officers and employees which, in terms of total paid time off, would be substantially in accordance with this part for other state employees. Such policies shall be approved by the commissioner of finance and administration and filed with the comptroller of the treasury. Nothing in this part shall prohibit or modify the creation or approval of a sick leave bank pursuant to § 8-50-925 at institutions governed by the board of regents, the state university boards, or the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee.
TN Code § 8-50-810 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 8 - Leave for State Employees|§ 8-50-810. American Red Cross Disaster Leave

 A state employee who is a certified disaster service volunteer of the American Red Cross may be granted leave from work with pay for a period not to exceed fifteen (15) work days in each year to participate in specialized disaster relief services for the American Red Cross. The employee shall be released from work for this function upon request of the American Red Cross for the services of that employee, and upon the approval of that employee's appointing authority. The appointing authority shall compensate an employee granted extra leave under this section at the employee's regular rate of pay for those regular work hours during which the employee is absent from the employee's work. This leave shall not affect the employee's regular leave status.
TN Code § 8-50-811 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 8 - Leave for State Employees|§ 8-50-811. Employees of Boards, Commissions and Agencies

  An employee of any board, commission or agency created by the supreme court of Tennessee shall be eligible to accrue leave commencing July 1, 2002, pursuant to the provisions of this part that apply to state employees. Any years of service rendered by the employee to any such board, commission or agency prior to July 1, 2002, shall be used in determining accrual rates and maximum accrual limits.   Any unused leave accrued prior to July 1, 2002, while employed by any board, commission or agency described in subsection (a) shall be considered accumulated leave for purposes of this part; provided, that:  The administrative office of the courts certifies that the leave for which credit is being sought actually is accrued and due and is substantiated by records of the applicable board, commission or agency compiled during the course of employment for which the leave was earned and not from records compiled solely for purposes of establishing leave credit; and   The amount of accrued leave shall not exceed the amount that would have been accumulated under this part had the employees been deemed state employees prior to July 1, 2002.
TN Code § 8-50-901 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 9 - Sick Leave Banks|§ 8-50-901. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Employee organization” means any organization:  With membership open to all state employees;   Which has a payroll deduction established by § 8-23-204; and   Which has a membership of more than twenty percent (20%) of the total number of state employees;     “Member” or “participant” means any state employee who has joined the bank by making the initial donation of the minimum number of days necessary and has donated subsequently assessed days;   “Sick leave” means a designated amount of compensated leave accumulated pursuant to part 8 of this chapter that is granted to a member who through personal illness, injury, disability or quarantine, is unable to perform the duties of the member's state position. Sick leave may not be granted for the period of disability when moneys are paid to the member under the Workers' Compensation Law, compiled in title 50, chapter 6;   “Sick leave bank” or “bank” means a system of accounting for voluntarily pooled and irrevocably donated accumulated personal sick leave which is collected for the purpose of providing sick leave to members of the program who have suffered a personal illness, surgery, disability or quarantine and whose sick leave is exhausted;   “Sick leave bank trustees” or “trustees” means those persons appointed to govern the activities of the sick leave bank as provided by §§ 8-50-901 — 8-50-909; and   “State employee” means all employees in state service, legislative branch, and constitutional officers who accrue sick leave pursuant to part 8 of this chapter and all employees and teachers of all state special schools.
TN Code § 8-50-902 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 9 - Sick Leave Banks|§ 8-50-902. Establishment

 Establishment of the sick leave bank shall be in accordance with the following:   Sick leave accumulated under part 8 of this chapter may be donated to the bank;   Only one (1) sick leave bank will be established for all employees of the state of Tennessee; provided, that any sick leave banks for persons employed by the state which were authorized prior to July 1, 1988, shall continue in operation and shall continue to be effective in terms of their enacting legislation; and   A minimum of one hundred (100) state employees must petition the commissioner of finance and administration in accordance with this part.
TN Code § 8-50-903 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 9 - Sick Leave Banks|§ 8-50-903. Board of Trustees

 When authorization to establish a sick leave bank has been granted by the commissioner of finance and administration, the sick leave bank trustees shall be established as follows:   Not later than thirty (30) days following the commissioner's authorization, a board of trustees shall be established;   The board of trustees will be comprised of the commissioners of human resources and of finance and administration, the state treasurer, the executive director of the fiscal review committee, or their designees, and three (3) members, one (1) from each grand division and each employed by a different department or agency, selected by the employee organization at their annual legislative convention;   All appointments shall be for three-year staggered terms and can be replaced only because of death, retirement, resignation, and/or discontinuation of employment or the expiration of a term;   Any vacancy shall be filled for the remainder of the term by the appointing authority in the same manner as original appointments were made;   Trustees are eligible to succeed themselves; and   The seven (7) trustees originally appointed shall draw lots for four (4) positions for three-year terms, and three (3) positions for two-year terms, to become effective August 1 next; thereafter all terms begin on August 1.
TN Code § 8-50-904 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 9 - Sick Leave Banks|§ 8-50-904. Rules and Regulations

  The trustees shall provide for rules and regulations not inconsistent with §§ 8-50-901 — 8-50-909.   These rules and regulations shall be established and adopted by the board of trustees, exclusive of the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, part 2.   Rules shall be on file in the office of the commissioner of human resources and in the personnel office of each department and agency of the executive branch of government within sixty (60) days of the authorized establishment of a sick leave bank pursuant to § 8-50-902.   Nothing in this section shall be construed in such a manner as to prevent the board of trustees from adopting rules more stringent, relative to membership and use of leave from the bank, than the general provisions of this part.   The board may adopt rules which allow the payment of minor administrative costs from the sick leave bank.
TN Code § 8-50-905 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 9 - Sick Leave Banks|§ 8-50-905. Eligibility — Notice — Election — Withdrawal

  All employees and teachers of all state special schools and all persons employed by state government who are entitled to accrue sick leave pursuant to part 8 of this chapter, and who have been employed by state government or any state special school for twelve (12) full months immediately preceding application for participation, and who have a sick leave balance in an amount to be determined by the board of trustees, are eligible to participate in the sick leave bank.   Upon the establishment of a sick leave bank and selection of the trustees therefor, the commissioner of human resources shall notify all state employees that they are eligible to participate in the sick leave bank. Following such notice, any state employee may indicate on forms prepared and approved by the trustees and distributed by the commissioner a desire to participate in the bank by submitting such forms to the office which handles records for sick leave for the state.   Employees and teachers of all state special schools and state employees electing to participate shall do so during the months of August, September, or October of any year.   By written notice to the trustees, a member may withdraw from the bank participation on any June 30. Membership withdrawal results in forfeiture of all days contributed.
TN Code § 8-50-906 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 9 - Sick Leave Banks|§ 8-50-906. Donations — Assessments

  The board of trustees shall determine the number of days of sick leave to be deducted from the sick leave balance of state employees who elect to participate in the bank. Any state employee who elects to participate in the bank shall initially have a minimum of three (3) days of sick leave deducted from that employee's personal accumulation and donated to the sick leave bank.   Donations to the sick leave bank are nonrefundable and nontransferable.   At any time the number of days in the sick leave bank is less than one hundred (100), or one (1) per member if there are more than one hundred (100) members, or at any time deemed advisable, the trustees shall assess each member one (1) or more days of accumulated sick leave. If a member has no accumulated sick leave at the time of assessment, the first earned days shall be donated as they are accrued by the employee.
TN Code § 8-50-907 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 9 - Sick Leave Banks|§ 8-50-907. Criteria and Procedure for Distribution

  The sick leave bank trustees shall establish the criteria for distributing sick leave from the bank, hear appeals of denials of request for sick leave, and prescribe the form and manner of participation in the bank.   All actions of the trustees require four (4) affirmative votes.   The appropriate division of the department of human resources shall determine whether or not to grant or deny all initial requests for sick leave to be distributed from the sick leave bank in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the trustees within ten (10) business days of receipt of all necessary documentation.   The trustees shall establish criteria and procedures for appeal of a rejected initial request. The trustees must decide every pending appeal within thirty (30) days of the receipt of the appeal.   Members of the sick leave bank shall be eligible to make application to the bank for sick leave only after having been a member of the bank for thirty (30) calendar days.   A participant shall not receive any sick leave from the bank until after having exhausted all accumulated sick and annual leave.   The trustees may establish regulations restricting the number of days which may be withdrawn from the bank by one (1) member on account of one (1) illness, particularly any known illness existing at the time the employee elected to participate in the bank.   Grants of sick leave from the bank shall not be made to any member on account of elective surgery, illness of any member of the participant's family, or during any period the member is receiving disability benefits from social security or the state retirement plan.   Leave grants from the bank shall not be more than thirty (30) consecutive days for which the individual applicant would have otherwise lost pay. Applicants may submit requests for extensions of sick leave grants before or after their prior grants expire. The maximum number of days any participant may receive as a result of any one (1) illness, or recurring diagnosed illness, or accident is ninety (90) days.   In the event that a member is physically or mentally unable to make a request to the sick leave bank for use of sick leave days, a family member or agent may file a request.   If the trustees or their designees for administration determine it necessary, they may require a physician's certificate of condition from any member requesting additional leave. Refusal to comply will result in denial of the pending request for use of sick leave days from the bank.   Sick leave granted a member from the bank need not be repaid by the individual member, except as all members are uniformly assessed.   All records of the sick leave bank shall be kept in the office of the department of human resources whose responsibility it is to keep records of sick leave.
TN Code § 8-50-908 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 9 - Sick Leave Banks|§ 8-50-908. Loss of Right to Benefits

 A member shall lose the right to obtain the benefits of the sick leave bank by:   Resignation or termination of employment with the state of Tennessee;   Cancellation of participation which is effective only on June 30 next;   Refusal to honor such assessment as may be required from time to time by the trustees to maintain an adequate number of reserve days in the bank;   Being on approved leave of absence with the exception of personal illness or disability leave; or   Retirement.
TN Code § 8-50-909 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 9 - Sick Leave Banks|§ 8-50-909. Dissolution

 In the event the sick leave bank is dissolved, the total number of days on deposit shall be returned to the then participating members and credited to their personal sick leave accumulation in proportion to the number of days each has contributed individually. Days returned under this section and credited to the individual participant's accumulation shall be rounded to the nearest one-half (½) day.
TN Code § 8-50-910 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 9 - Sick Leave Banks|§ 8-50-910. Deduction of Donation Cost

 Any cost arising from a donation of sick leave by a participating employee to the sick leave bank shall be deducted from the budget of the department or agency employing the person who makes the donation.
TN Code § 8-50-926 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 9 - Sick Leave Banks|§ 8-50-926. Non-Faculty University and College Employees to Be Included

 The University of Tennessee and the state university and community college system are directed to establish a sick leave bank for their non-faculty employees pursuant to the terms of § 8-50-925.