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Senate committee advances bill to buy out excess annual leave for critical-need state employees

STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE · March 2, 2021
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Summary

SB 380 would allow buyouts for critical-need state employees who accumulate more than 45 annual leave hours at year-end, direct excess hours into a catastrophic leave bank unless opted out, and require two weeks' notice if an agency forces an employee to take leave; the committee advanced the bill.

A Senate committee voted to advance SB 380, which would allow state agencies to buy out annual leave hours in excess of a 45-hour threshold at the end of the calendar year for designated critical-need employees and automatically transfer unused excess into a catastrophic leave bank unless the employee opts out.

Senator Ham, who sponsored the bill, said he has…

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