230.35 State office hours; standard workweek; leaves of absence; holidays.

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(a)Except as provided in subs.

(1m),

(1r), and

(1s)and the compensation plan under s. 230.12 , appointing authorities shall grant to each person in their employ, except employees excluded from coverage under this subsection by the department by rule and limited-term employees, based on accumulated continuous state service, annual leave of absence without loss of pay at the rate of:

1. One hundred four hours each year for a full year of service during the first 5 years of service;

2. One hundred forty-four hours each year for a full year of service during the next 5 years of service;

2m. One hundred sixty hours each year for a full year of service during the next 5 years of service;

3. One hundred eighty-four hours each year for a full year of service during the next 5 years of service;

3m. Two hundred hours each year for a full year of service during the next 5 years of service;

4. Two hundred sixteen hours each year for a full year of service after 25 years of service.

(b)An employee, with the approval of his or her appointing authority, may anticipate the annual leave which he or she could earn during the current calendar year, except that no employee shall be eligible to take annual leave until he or she has completed the first 6 months of a probationary period for an original appointment unless the employee uses annual leave that he or she accrued while serving in an unclassified position.

(c)When the rate of annual leave changes during the 5th, 10th, 15th, 20th or 25th calendar year, the annual leave for that year shall be prorated.

(d)Annual leaves of absence shall not be cumulative except under sub.

(1p)and except that unused annual leave shall, subject to the rules of the administrator, be used in the year following the one in which it was earned, but no employee shall lose any unused annual leave because the employee’s work responsibilities prevented the usage of the unused annual leave during the first 6 months of the year following the year in which it was earned.

(e)Permanent classified employees, permanent part-time employees and seasonal employees with permanent seasonal status in class who are regularly employed for less than 12 months out of a year shall be granted proportional annual leave consistent with par.

(a). These employees, with the approval of their appointing authority, may anticipate the vacation which they will earn during their current period of employment.

(f)An employee under this subsection earns annual leave any time he or she is on temporary layoff for a period not to exceed 20 working days.