7. Annual leave [EITHER for new special advisers] 7a. Your annual leave allowance is 25 days, with one additional day accrued per year of service, up to a maximum of 30 days. Further details are set out in the attached Schedule 2. [OR for eligible re-appointed special advisers only] 7a. As you were previously employed as a special adviser and have continuous service, your annual leave allowance is [previous allowance] days. [with one additional day accrued per year of service, up to a maximum of 30 days]. Further details are set out in the attached Schedule 2. [NB: Contracts should contain only one of the ‘either’/‘or’ options above, not both of them] 7b. Your leave year runs from …………….. to ………………… 7c. When you the Civil Service, you may be required to use any remaining holiday entitlement during any notice period. Alternatively, where this is not possible, you may be able to claim payment on a pro rata basis for any accrued but untaken leave from that year’s annual leave entitlement and, if appropriate, any holiday permitted to be carried over from the previous year for a maximum of 10 days. 8. Public and privilege holidays Subject to the detailed rules in the [Departmental/Staff Handbook] you are entitled to all public holidays and to one privilege day in addition to your annual leave allowance and you will be paid for each day. Further details are set out in the attached Schedule 2. 9. Sickness The rules relating to sickness and injury are to be found in the [Departmental/Staff Handbook]. These provide for absence on full pay and on half pay, depending on the length of absence and subject to a ceiling on total paid absence within a given period.
For members of the Senior Civil Service and equivalents, including special advisers of equivalent standing, the Rules continue to apply for two years after the last day of paid Civil Service employment. For below the Senior Civil Service and equivalents, including special advisers of equivalent standing, the Rules continue to apply for one year after leaving the Civil Service, unless, exceptionally, the role has been designated as one where a longer period of up to two years will apply. Key Principles 1. These Rules are designed to uphold the core values in the Civil Service Code: Integrity You must not misuse your official position, for example by using information acquired in the course of your official duties, to further your private interests or those of others. Honesty You must not be influenced by improper pressures from others or the prospect of personal gain. Objectivity You must take decisions on the merits of the case. Impartiality You must not act in a way that unjustifiably favours or discriminates against particular individuals or interests. 2. It is in the public interest that people with experience of public administration should be able to move into sectors, and that such movement should not be frustrated by unjustified public concern over a particular appointment. It is equally important that when a former civil servant takes up an outside appointment or employment there should be no cause for justified public concern, criticism or misinterpretation. 3. The aim of the is to avoid any reasonable concerns that: