Common use of Maximum Accumulation of Leave Clause in Contracts

Maximum Accumulation of Leave. Personal leave accrued but not used shall accumulate to a maximum of one-thousand and five hundred (1,500) hours on December 31 of any calendar year. A department head may permit an employee to carry over more than one-thousand and five hundred (1,500) hours of accrued personal leave if the employee was unable to reduce his/her accrued hours because the member: (1) was required to work as a result of fire, flood, or other extensive emergency; or (2) was assigned work of a priority or critical nature of a period of time. By June 1 of each calendar year, those employees whose personal leave balance exceeds, or could exceed by December 31, the personal leave accumulation maximum of one-thousand and five hundred (1,500) hours must submit to their supervisor for approval a plan to use personal leave to bring their balance below the accumulation maximum. If the employee fails to submit a plan, or adhere to an approved plan, the employee’s division director will order the employee to take sufficient personal leave to reduce the employee’s balance or potential balance on December 31 below the accumulation maximum. If the member does not take the scheduled leave, the member shall be entitled to payment for the unused portion. This payment shall be at the member’s annualized hourly rate. The period of time for which payment is made will be deducted from the member’s personal leave balance. Members who had a personal leave balance that exceeded four hundred (400) hours on December 16, 2014 shall be exempt from this provision until such time as his/her personal leave balance equals four hundred (400) hours or less on January 1 of any calendar year. When a member is appointed from a position in a Bargaining Unit without a leave cap into a position in the Public Safety Unit, the determination as to whether they will be exempt from the leave cap will be made at the time of appointment using the same criteria as above.

Maximum Accumulation of Leave. Personal leave accrued but not used shall accumulate to a maximum of one-thousand and five hundred (1,500) hours on December 31 of any calendar year. A department head may permit an employee to carry over more than one-one- thousand and five hundred (1,500) hours of accrued personal leave if the employee was unable to reduce his/her accrued hours because the member: (1) was required to work as a result of fire, flood, or other extensive emergency; or (2) was assigned work of a priority or critical nature of a period of time. By June 1 of each calendar year, those employees whose personal leave balance exceeds, or could exceed by December 31, the personal leave accumulation maximum of one-thousand and five hundred (1,500) hours must submit to their supervisor for approval a plan to use personal leave to bring their balance below the accumulation maximum. If the employee fails to submit a plan, or adhere to an approved plan, the employee’s division director will order the employee to take sufficient personal leave to reduce the employee’s balance or potential balance on December 31 below the accumulation maximum. If the member does not take the scheduled leave, the member shall be entitled to payment for the unused portion. This payment shall be at the member’s annualized hourly rate. The period of time for which payment is made will be deducted from the member’s personal leave balance. Members who had a personal leave balance that exceeded four hundred (400) hours on December 16, 2014 shall be exempt from this provision until such time as his/her personal leave balance equals four hundred (400) hours or less on January 1 of any calendar year. When a member is appointed from a position in a Bargaining Unit without a leave cap into a position in the Public Safety Unit, the determination as to whether they will be exempt from the leave cap will be made at the time of appointment using the same criteria as above.