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Holiday Benefits:
The State observes eleven (11) holidays each year and statewide general election days. State offices are closed on the following days:
| New Year's Day |
Columbus Day |
| Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
Veterans' Day |
| Presidents' Day |
Thanksgiving |
| Memorial Day |
Day after Thanksgiving |
| Independence Day |
Christmas Day |
| Labor Day |
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Leave Benefits:
Annual Leave: Full-time State employees earn annual leave in the following increments:
| Length of Service |
Amount of Annual Leave |
| 0-5 years of service |
10 days per year |
| 6-10 years of service |
15 days per year |
| 11-20 years of service |
20 days per year |
| 21 or more years of service |
25 days per year |
- Annual leave is prorated based on percentage of employment.
- New employees must wait until they have completed six (6) months of State service before they can use annual leave. After six months, new full-time employees will be credited with five (5) days of annual leave.
- Effective October 1, 2008, State employees may carry-over annual leave from one calendar year to the next for a maximum accrual of 75 days or 600 hours of annual leave.
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Personal Leave: State employees are granted six (6) days of personal leave beginning of the first pay period of calendar year.
- Personal leave is prorated based on the percentage of employment and start date of employment (if employed after January 1st).
- Personal leave is available to all employees immediately upon State employment.
- Personal leave cannot be accumulated or carried over from on calendar year to the next.
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Sick leave: State employees earn 15 days of sick leave per year. For a full time employee in a non-temporary position the earning rate is 4.615 hours per pay period.
- Sick leave is prorated based on the percentage of full-time employment.
- Sick leave can accrue or be carried over from year to year; there is no maximum accrual limit. Upon retirement directly from State service, unused sick leave will be calculated as additional service credit.
- All unused sick leave is forfeited when you resign from State employment. Should you return to State service within three (3) years, your unused sick leave will be restored.
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