The State provides these forms of leave to classified, exempt and limited employees who are in jobs with designated leave plans.
Annual Leave
- Paid Annual Leave is provided to employees in positions with designated leave plans. Employees will accrue time on a biweekly basis and are eligible to use annual leave after completing the first 6 months of employment a six-month probationary period. Upon completion, annual leave hours will be awarded in the pay period following that in which the probation date occurs*.
- Eligibility to accrue annual leave and the rate at which time is accrued is based on position and bargaining unit.
- Employees off payroll for 20 hours or more will not accrue annual leave for that pay period.
Sick Leave
- Paid Sick leave is provided for absence related to personal illness, family illness, injury, or medical appointments.
- Upon appointment to permanent, classified service, employees are credited with 48 hours* of sick leave that may be used during the first 6 months of service. Biweekly accruals begin upon completion of probation.
- Temporary employees accrue immediately at a rate of .02 per hour worked.
- Eligibility to accrue sick leave and the rate at which it is accrued is based on position and bargaining unit.
Personal Leave
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Personal Leave Quarters for Current Fiscal Year (pdf)
- Employees in classified service in the Non-Management bargaining unit are awarded 10 hours* of personal leave each quarter if:
- They have completed the 6-month probation.
- They have not used more than 8 hours* of sick time during the quarter.
- They have not been off payroll at any point during the quarter.
- Hours awarded expire and are forfeited if not used by the end dates in the “Personal Leave Quarters and ‘Use By’ Dates” published each fiscal year.
- Employees in the supervisory bargaining unit who have completed the 6-month probationary period are granted a lump sum of personal leave hours at the beginning of each fiscal year.
* Total number of hours awarded varies by bargaining unit and are pro-rated for part-time employment. Consult your HR Field Team for more information.
HR Advice
The HR Advice in the VTHR system provides information on employees leave balances as of the close of the last pay period. Leave hours that are coded in the current pay period will not be reflected in your leave balance until the following HR Advice run. Employees can navigate to the HR Advice by selecting the Other Self Services tile on the VTHR Home page.