Procedure

Personal Observance Leave not taken by the end of the fiscal year, is forfeited; it will not be carried into the next fiscal year.

Personal Observance Leave has no cash value and cannot be converted into retirement credit. Employees shall not be paid for unused Personal Observance Leave at separation, nor will be payable upon death of an employee during state service.

Personal Observance Leave shall not be applied to existing negative leave balances and this leave shall not be donated under the Voluntary Shared Leave Policy.

This leave may not be used for the same purposes as sick leave.