What happens if the employee needs to use annual or sick leave but doesn have enough available?
A. Employees may be advanced annual and/or sick leave by their supervisor when the action is warranted. Supervisors have the authority to advance annual leave but no more leave than will be accrued up to the end of the current leave year. For example, if the employee (in a 6-hour leave category) needs 40 hours of advanced annual leave in pay period 23, the supervisor would only be able to advance the employee 22 hours of leave – – 6 hours for pay period 24, 10 hours (6 + the extra 4 all category 6 employees receive) for pay period 25, and 6 hours for pay period 26. The other 18 hours would have to be covered under Leave-Without-Pay (LWOP). Supervisors must also take into consideration the fact that if the employee has a LWOP balance or is requesting LWOP along with the annual leave, he/she would not be earning leave for any pay period when the total LWOP (including AWOL, suspension, or furlough hours) equals an equivalent of 80 hours (e.g., 80, 160, 240, etc.), and must not advance lea
