Chapter 3 – Personnel, Training, and Employee Relations

31080.3 Definitions

• Sick Leave

  • Sick leave is the absence of an employee or qualifying family member due to illness or injury, which is serious enough that the employee is unable to work.

• Vacation

  • Vacation is planned time off work with pay, using accrued vacation or annual leave credits, or other leave credits, excluding sick leave. The limit on the number of hours that may be accumulated during a calendar year is established by:

    • The appropriate collective bargaining agreement for represented employees.

    • Department of Personnel Administration (DPADepartment of Personnel Administration (see CalHR)) rules for non-represented employees.

• Holiday

  • Official State Holidays are those days declared in accordance with DPADepartment of Personnel Administration (see CalHR) rules or by gubernatorial proclamation. Provisions are applied in accordance with DPADepartment of Personnel Administration (see CalHR) rules and applicable collective bargaining agreements.

• Overtime

  • Overtime is critical and unavoidable work scheduled outside of the normal work hours of an employee, for which payment is at a higher level than usual earnings as defined in the various collective bargaining agreements for represented employees, or by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSAFair Labor Standards Act) for non-represented employees.

  • Depending upon their Work Week Group (WWG) designation, managers and employees exempt from FLSAFair Labor Standards Act or collective bargaining agreement provisions may not be eligible for overtime compensation regardless of the number of hours worked.