Section 3-6-8 - Advance sick leave. - South Dakota Statutes

3-6-8. Advance sick leave. Leave of absence for sickness, not exceeding twenty-eight days, may be advanced to an employee who has been in regular and continuous employment of the state for at least one full year if the employee has used up all of his or her accumulated and earned leave of absence for vacation and also for sickness. Any such advance leave of absence for sickness shall be charged against any subsequent leave of absence for sickness as earned by the employee in the succeeding years of state employment. Any such advance leave of absence for sickness is within the discretion of the Bureau of Personnel under rules promulgated by the Career Service Commission pursuant to chapter 1-26, and is authorized only if the bureau's consent and approval has first been obtained.

Source: SL 1927, ch 73; SDC 1939, § 55.2701 (7); SL 1953, ch 292; SL 1955, ch 244; SL 1957, ch 286; SL 1961, ch 272; SL 2010, ch 19, § 18.