The State Employees' Leave Donation Program and Leave Bank was established on June 9, 1995.
The purpose of the Leave Bank is to provide leave for an eligible State employee who meets all of the following criteria:
- exhausted all accrued leave;
- has a "serious or prolonged medical condition";
- has a meets standards or above PEP evaluation within the last two years;
- has had no disciplinary action within twelve months of the request for leave; and
- has not been on a one-day medical certificate requirement within the last two years of the date of the request.
Employees desiring to become members of the Leave Bank must complete the Bank's MS 401 form during the State's Health Benefits/Leave Bank "Open Enrollment". New enrollees must serve a 90-day waiting period to be eligible to make application for leave from the Leave Bank. A single donation provides the donating employee a two-year membership. New employees must join within the first sixty days of their entry-on-duty date or they may join during the next open enrollment period.
It is important to know that approval of leave from the Bank is discretionary and that leave may be denied for any reason which is consistently applied and that is not illegal or unconstitutional. Interested employees should contact their personnel representative.
Fact Sheet for the State Employees' Leave Bank