(a) (1) Except for the employees under subdivision (a)(2) of this section, each permanent or probationary employee shall be entitled to annual leave with full pay computed on the basis of the following schedule for each complete month of service including the probationary period:Click here to view form.(2) Each fire and emergency service employee of the Department of the Military who works a regularly scheduled shift of more than forty-seven (47) hours per week is entitled to annual leave with full pay computed on the basis of the following schedule for each complete month of service:Click here to view form.
(1) Except for the employees under subdivision (a)(2) of this section, each permanent or probationary employee shall be entitled to annual leave with full pay computed on the basis of the following schedule for each complete month of service including the probationary period:Click here to view form.
(2) Each fire and emergency service employee of the Department of the Military who works a regularly scheduled shift of more than forty-seven (47) hours per week is entitled to annual leave with full pay computed on the basis of the following schedule for each complete month of service:Click here to view form.
(b) Annual leave with pay shall be allowed to provisional and temporary employees on the basis of one (1) working day for each complete month of service.
(c) Annual leave with pay shall be allowed to permanent, probationary, provisional, and temporary employees who are working one-half (½) time computed on the basis of one-half (½) the rate of the schedule for full-time employees for each complete month of service.
(d) Annual leave with pay shall not be granted to emergency, hourly, intermittent, or per diem employees.
(e) (1) (A) Annual leave shall be cumulative. An employee shall not have more than thirty (30) days of annual leave accumulated at the end of each calendar year. However, the thirty-day accumulative annual leave may exceed thirty (30) days prior to the end of the calendar year.(B) The following employees shall not accumulate annual leave in excess of forty-five (45) days at the end of each calendar year, except that the forty-five-day maximum of cumulative annual leave may exceed forty-five (45) days during the calendar year:(i) A fire and emergency service employee under subdivision (a)(2) of this section; and(ii) A critical-need employee.(2) Accumulated annual leave shall be granted by the agency director at such time or times as will least interfere with the efficient operation of the agency.(3) Employees transferring between state agencies without a break in service shall retain, at the time of transfer, all accumulated annual leave credits.(4) Change of positions in the annual leave schedule shall be determined on the basis of completed years of service. Seniority for reinstated employees will be brought forward in completed years of service only.(5) Accrual rates will change on the first day of the month following eligibility for the next higher accrual rate.(6) Annual leave may not be accumulated during a period of leave without pay when such leave is for ten (10) or more days within a calendar month.(7) Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, and nonworking days within a period of annual leave shall not be charged as annual leave. Annual leave granted shall be based on working days.
(1) (A) Annual leave shall be cumulative. An employee shall not have more than thirty (30) days of annual leave accumulated at the end of each calendar year. However, the thirty-day accumulative annual leave may exceed thirty (30) days prior to the end of the calendar year.(B) The following employees shall not accumulate annual leave in excess of forty-five (45) days at the end of each calendar year, except that the forty-five-day maximum of cumulative annual leave may exceed forty-five (45) days during the calendar year:(i) A fire and emergency service employee under subdivision (a)(2) of this section; and(ii) A critical-need employee.
(A) Annual leave shall be cumulative. An employee shall not have more than thirty (30) days of annual leave accumulated at the end of each calendar year. However, the thirty-day accumulative annual leave may exceed thirty (30) days prior to the end of the calendar year.
(B) The following employees shall not accumulate annual leave in excess of forty-five (45) days at the end of each calendar year, except that the forty-five-day maximum of cumulative annual leave may exceed forty-five (45) days during the calendar year:(i) A fire and emergency service employee under subdivision (a)(2) of this section; and(ii) A critical-need employee.
(i) A fire and emergency service employee under subdivision (a)(2) of this section; and
(ii) A critical-need employee.
(2) Accumulated annual leave shall be granted by the agency director at such time or times as will least interfere with the efficient operation of the agency.
(3) Employees transferring between state agencies without a break in service shall retain, at the time of transfer, all accumulated annual leave credits.
(4) Change of positions in the annual leave schedule shall be determined on the basis of completed years of service. Seniority for reinstated employees will be brought forward in completed years of service only.
(5) Accrual rates will change on the first day of the month following eligibility for the next higher accrual rate.
(6) Annual leave may not be accumulated during a period of leave without pay when such leave is for ten (10) or more days within a calendar month.
(7) Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, and nonworking days within a period of annual leave shall not be charged as annual leave. Annual leave granted shall be based on working days.
(f) (1) Unearned annual leave shall not be loaned.(2) The minimum charge for absence on account of annual leave shall be fifteen (15) minutes.
(1) Unearned annual leave shall not be loaned.
(2) The minimum charge for absence on account of annual leave shall be fifteen (15) minutes.
(g) (1) At the end of the calendar year and except as provided in § 21-4-205(c), an employee's accumulated annual leave that exceeds the maximum allowed under subsection (e) of this section shall be deposited into the catastrophic leave bank administered by the Office of Personnel Management.(2) If an employee does not want his or her accumulated annual leave that exceeds the maximum allowed under subsection (e) of this section to be deposited into the catastrophic leave bank under subdivision (g)(1) of this section, he or she shall submit a written request to the Office of Personnel Management that the accumulated annual leave in question be forfeited in lieu of being deposited into the catastrophic leave bank.
(1) At the end of the calendar year and except as provided in § 21-4-205(c), an employee's accumulated annual leave that exceeds the maximum allowed under subsection (e) of this section shall be deposited into the catastrophic leave bank administered by the Office of Personnel Management.
(2) If an employee does not want his or her accumulated annual leave that exceeds the maximum allowed under subsection (e) of this section to be deposited into the catastrophic leave bank under subdivision (g)(1) of this section, he or she shall submit a written request to the Office of Personnel Management that the accumulated annual leave in question be forfeited in lieu of being deposited into the catastrophic leave bank.
(h) (1) (A) An employee under subdivisions (a)(1) and (2) of this section shall receive military service credit for prior military service that otherwise would not be creditable for the purpose of determining his or her annual leave accrual rate.(B) Subdivision (h)(1)(A) of this section applies only if the employee:(i) Retired from military service;(ii) Was honorably discharged from military service;(iii) Currently serves in the Arkansas National Guard and served in the Arkansas National Guard before employment with the State of Arkansas;(iv) Served in the Arkansas National Guard before employment with the State of Arkansas;(iv) Currently serves in a military reserve unit and served in a military reserve unit before employment with the State of Arkansas; or(v) Served in a military reserve unit before employment with the State of Arkansas.(2) (A) An agency head, or his or her designee, shall provide military service credit for the purpose of determining the annual leave accrual rate under subdivisions (a)(1) and (2) of this section to an employee described in subdivision (h)(1)(B) of this section upon written documentation of the employee's military service.(B) A retired or honorably discharged member of the military shall provide an agency head, or his or her designee, a copy of his or her discharge information.(C) (i) A former or current member of the Arkansas National Guard or a military reserve unit shall provide proof of service by providing documentation reflecting his or her years of military service before employment with the State of Arkansas, including without limitation:(a) An NGB Form 23A;(b) A DA Form 5016;(c) A Career Retirement Credit Report;(d) An Annual Statement of Service History;(e) An Air National Guard/United States Air Force Reserve Point Credit Summary Inquiry; or(f) A Reserve Point Statement.(ii) (a) Military service credit under subdivision (h)(1)(A) of this section for service in the Arkansas National Guard or a military reserve unit shall be calculated as the total career points, or the equivalent, on the documentation required under subdivision (h)(2)(C)(i) of this section for each year the member was not an employee of the State of Arkansas divided by three hundred sixty-five (365).(b) As used in subdivision (h)(2)(C)(ii)(a) of this section, “total career points, or the equivalent” means:(1) “Total career points” on an NGB Form 23A;(2) “Total points creditable” on a DA Form 5016;(3) “Total points creditable” on a Career Retirement Credit Report;(4) “Total points” on an Annual Statement of Service History;(5) “Total points for retirement” on an Air National Guard/United States Air Force Reserve Point Credit Summary Inquiry; and(6) “Reserve retirement points” on a Reserve Point Statement.(3) (A) An employee under subdivisions (a)(1) and (2) of this section shall not receive military service credit under subdivision (h)(1)(A) of this section for active-duty service accrued while concurrently a member of the military service and an employee of the State of Arkansas.(B) A current member of the Arkansas National Guard or a military reserve unit shall not receive military service credit under subdivision (h)(1)(A) of this section for any career points that he or she accrued during a year when the member was a state employee for any part of that year.
(1) (A) An employee under subdivisions (a)(1) and (2) of this section shall receive military service credit for prior military service that otherwise would not be creditable for the purpose of determining his or her annual leave accrual rate.(B) Subdivision (h)(1)(A) of this section applies only if the employee:(i) Retired from military service;(ii) Was honorably discharged from military service;(iii) Currently serves in the Arkansas National Guard and served in the Arkansas National Guard before employment with the State of Arkansas;(iv) Served in the Arkansas National Guard before employment with the State of Arkansas;(iv) Currently serves in a military reserve unit and served in a military reserve unit before employment with the State of Arkansas; or(v) Served in a military reserve unit before employment with the State of Arkansas.
(A) An employee under subdivisions (a)(1) and (2) of this section shall receive military service credit for prior military service that otherwise would not be creditable for the purpose of determining his or her annual leave accrual rate.
(B) Subdivision (h)(1)(A) of this section applies only if the employee:(i) Retired from military service;(ii) Was honorably discharged from military service;(iii) Currently serves in the Arkansas National Guard and served in the Arkansas National Guard before employment with the State of Arkansas;(iv) Served in the Arkansas National Guard before employment with the State of Arkansas;(iv) Currently serves in a military reserve unit and served in a military reserve unit before employment with the State of Arkansas; or(v) Served in a military reserve unit before employment with the State of Arkansas.
(i) Retired from military service;
(ii) Was honorably discharged from military service;
(iii) Currently serves in the Arkansas National Guard and served in the Arkansas National Guard before employment with the State of Arkansas;
(iv) Served in the Arkansas National Guard before employment with the State of Arkansas;
(iv) Currently serves in a military reserve unit and served in a military reserve unit before employment with the State of Arkansas; or
(v) Served in a military reserve unit before employment with the State of Arkansas.
(2) (A) An agency head, or his or her designee, shall provide military service credit for the purpose of determining the annual leave accrual rate under subdivisions (a)(1) and (2) of this section to an employee described in subdivision (h)(1)(B) of this section upon written documentation of the employee's military service.(B) A retired or honorably discharged member of the military shall provide an agency head, or his or her designee, a copy of his or her discharge information.(C) (i) A former or current member of the Arkansas National Guard or a military reserve unit shall provide proof of service by providing documentation reflecting his or her years of military service before employment with the State of Arkansas, including without limitation:(a) An NGB Form 23A;(b) A DA Form 5016;(c) A Career Retirement Credit Report;(d) An Annual Statement of Service History;(e) An Air National Guard/United States Air Force Reserve Point Credit Summary Inquiry; or(f) A Reserve Point Statement.(ii) (a) Military service credit under subdivision (h)(1)(A) of this section for service in the Arkansas National Guard or a military reserve unit shall be calculated as the total career points, or the equivalent, on the documentation required under subdivision (h)(2)(C)(i) of this section for each year the member was not an employee of the State of Arkansas divided by three hundred sixty-five (365).(b) As used in subdivision (h)(2)(C)(ii)(a) of this section, “total career points, or the equivalent” means:(1) “Total career points” on an NGB Form 23A;(2) “Total points creditable” on a DA Form 5016;(3) “Total points creditable” on a Career Retirement Credit Report;(4) “Total points” on an Annual Statement of Service History;(5) “Total points for retirement” on an Air National Guard/United States Air Force Reserve Point Credit Summary Inquiry; and(6) “Reserve retirement points” on a Reserve Point Statement.
(A) An agency head, or his or her designee, shall provide military service credit for the purpose of determining the annual leave accrual rate under subdivisions (a)(1) and (2) of this section to an employee described in subdivision (h)(1)(B) of this section upon written documentation of the employee's military service.
(B) A retired or honorably discharged member of the military shall provide an agency head, or his or her designee, a copy of his or her discharge information.
(C) (i) A former or current member of the Arkansas National Guard or a military reserve unit shall provide proof of service by providing documentation reflecting his or her years of military service before employment with the State of Arkansas, including without limitation:(a) An NGB Form 23A;(b) A DA Form 5016;(c) A Career Retirement Credit Report;(d) An Annual Statement of Service History;(e) An Air National Guard/United States Air Force Reserve Point Credit Summary Inquiry; or(f) A Reserve Point Statement.(ii) (a) Military service credit under subdivision (h)(1)(A) of this section for service in the Arkansas National Guard or a military reserve unit shall be calculated as the total career points, or the equivalent, on the documentation required under subdivision (h)(2)(C)(i) of this section for each year the member was not an employee of the State of Arkansas divided by three hundred sixty-five (365).(b) As used in subdivision (h)(2)(C)(ii)(a) of this section, “total career points, or the equivalent” means:(1) “Total career points” on an NGB Form 23A;(2) “Total points creditable” on a DA Form 5016;(3) “Total points creditable” on a Career Retirement Credit Report;(4) “Total points” on an Annual Statement of Service History;(5) “Total points for retirement” on an Air National Guard/United States Air Force Reserve Point Credit Summary Inquiry; and(6) “Reserve retirement points” on a Reserve Point Statement.
(i) A former or current member of the Arkansas National Guard or a military reserve unit shall provide proof of service by providing documentation reflecting his or her years of military service before employment with the State of Arkansas, including without limitation:(a) An NGB Form 23A;(b) A DA Form 5016;(c) A Career Retirement Credit Report;(d) An Annual Statement of Service History;(e) An Air National Guard/United States Air Force Reserve Point Credit Summary Inquiry; or(f) A Reserve Point Statement.
(a) An NGB Form 23A;
(b) A DA Form 5016;
(c) A Career Retirement Credit Report;
(d) An Annual Statement of Service History;
(e) An Air National Guard/United States Air Force Reserve Point Credit Summary Inquiry; or
(f) A Reserve Point Statement.
(ii) (a) Military service credit under subdivision (h)(1)(A) of this section for service in the Arkansas National Guard or a military reserve unit shall be calculated as the total career points, or the equivalent, on the documentation required under subdivision (h)(2)(C)(i) of this section for each year the member was not an employee of the State of Arkansas divided by three hundred sixty-five (365).(b) As used in subdivision (h)(2)(C)(ii)(a) of this section, “total career points, or the equivalent” means:(1) “Total career points” on an NGB Form 23A;(2) “Total points creditable” on a DA Form 5016;(3) “Total points creditable” on a Career Retirement Credit Report;(4) “Total points” on an Annual Statement of Service History;(5) “Total points for retirement” on an Air National Guard/United States Air Force Reserve Point Credit Summary Inquiry; and(6) “Reserve retirement points” on a Reserve Point Statement.
(a) Military service credit under subdivision (h)(1)(A) of this section for service in the Arkansas National Guard or a military reserve unit shall be calculated as the total career points, or the equivalent, on the documentation required under subdivision (h)(2)(C)(i) of this section for each year the member was not an employee of the State of Arkansas divided by three hundred sixty-five (365).
(b) As used in subdivision (h)(2)(C)(ii)(a) of this section, “total career points, or the equivalent” means:(1) “Total career points” on an NGB Form 23A;(2) “Total points creditable” on a DA Form 5016;(3) “Total points creditable” on a Career Retirement Credit Report;(4) “Total points” on an Annual Statement of Service History;(5) “Total points for retirement” on an Air National Guard/United States Air Force Reserve Point Credit Summary Inquiry; and(6) “Reserve retirement points” on a Reserve Point Statement.
(1) “Total career points” on an NGB Form 23A;
(2) “Total points creditable” on a DA Form 5016;
(3) “Total points creditable” on a Career Retirement Credit Report;
(4) “Total points” on an Annual Statement of Service History;
(5) “Total points for retirement” on an Air National Guard/United States Air Force Reserve Point Credit Summary Inquiry; and
(6) “Reserve retirement points” on a Reserve Point Statement.
(3) (A) An employee under subdivisions (a)(1) and (2) of this section shall not receive military service credit under subdivision (h)(1)(A) of this section for active-duty service accrued while concurrently a member of the military service and an employee of the State of Arkansas.(B) A current member of the Arkansas National Guard or a military reserve unit shall not receive military service credit under subdivision (h)(1)(A) of this section for any career points that he or she accrued during a year when the member was a state employee for any part of that year.
(A) An employee under subdivisions (a)(1) and (2) of this section shall not receive military service credit under subdivision (h)(1)(A) of this section for active-duty service accrued while concurrently a member of the military service and an employee of the State of Arkansas.
(B) A current member of the Arkansas National Guard or a military reserve unit shall not receive military service credit under subdivision (h)(1)(A) of this section for any career points that he or she accrued during a year when the member was a state employee for any part of that year.