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Ellis County sets policy: state employees who transfer to county start as new hires for leave accrual

2842271 · April 1, 2025
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The commissioners court voted to formalize a policy treating transfers from local state offices to county employment as new hires for vacation and sick-leave accrual; termination paperwork and payout of accrued leave from the state will still be processed.

The Ellis County Commissioners Court voted April 1 to formalize a policy that employees transferring from local state offices to county employment will be treated as new hires for purposes of leave accrual; the court approved the change unanimously.

Chief of Staff Ryan Garrett told the court the practice had been an "unwritten policy" in which termination paperwork from the state was processed and the state paid out accrued unused leave when an employee separated from the state to take a county position. Garrett asked the…

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