Bereavement Leave
Employees may utilize up to five accrued sick days due to the death of an employee’s immediate family member (employee’s spouse, parents, parents-in-law, grandparents, children, brothers, sisters, and members of the employee’s household). Employees must notify their supervisor immediately if they need to take time off due to the death of an immediate family member. If an employee does not have adequate sick days to cover the absence, then they must use vacation time.
Blood Donation Leave
An employee who donates blood shall receive up to two (2) hours per occurrence. The maximum blood donation leave an employee can receive is eight (8) hours each calendar year between January 1 and December 31.
An employee who donates blood platelets or granulocytes may receive up to four (4) hours per occurrence. The maximum blood platelet or granulocytes donations leave an employee can receive is sixteen (16) hours each calendar year between January 1 and December 31.
Educational Support Leave
Regular, full time employees (1.0 FTE) are entitled for up to eight (8) hours of paid leave per calendar year for the purpose of promoting education in the State of Georgia.
Jury Duty Leave
Regular employees called for jury duty or witness duty will be paid at the normal rate of pay for any regularly scheduled time absent from work.
Voting Leave
All employees are encouraged to exercise their constitutional right to vote in all elections. A regular employee may receive up to two (2) hours of paid voting leave to vote in any municipal, county, state, or federal political party primary or election for which such employee is qualified and registered to vote.
Compensatory Time Leave
If a non-exempt employee is required to work in excess of 40 hours per week, the employee may be granted a Compensatory Time (comptime) leave balance.
Please note that Compensatory Time is managed on a fiscal year basis (July – June). All Compensatory Time should be used or paid out before the end of each fiscal year (June 30).
Note: there is a 240 hour limit for compensatory time within a fiscal year.
Click here to learn more about how your compensatory time is applied.
Employees request absences by using OneUSG Connect Employee Self-Service. Absences must be approved by your manager/time approver to be processed.
Questions? Contact [email protected] or (706) 542-2222