ATTENDANCE AND LEAVE MANUAL
POLICY BULLETIN 2024-08
Section 26.3
August 2024
TO: Manual Recipients
FROM: Benjamin Gifford, Director of Staffing Services
SUBJECT: Attendance and Leave Items – 2023–2026 State-District Council 37 (DC-37) Negotiated Agreement
Rent Regulation Services Unit (RRSU) Employees:
The following material describes the new or revised attendance and leave provisions contained in the 2023-2026 Agreement between the State of New York and District Council 37 (DC-37), AFSCME, AFL-CIO.
Questions concerning this material should be directed to the Attendance and Leave Unit of the Department of Civil Service at (518) 457-2295.
Article 12.7 -- Sick Leave Accumulation
Effective September 1, 2023, RRSU employees who are entitled to earn and accumulate sick leave credits may accumulate such credits up to a total of 225 days.
Employees may carry more than 200 days of sick leave accruals at the end of any pay period closing on or after September 1, 2023.
Employees continue to have the ability to use up to 200 days of such credits for retirement service credit and to pay for health insurance in retirement.
Article 12.14 – Bereavement/Family Sick Leave
Effective September 1, 2023, employees shall be allowed to charge absences from work in the event of death or illness in the employee’s immediate family against accrued sick leave credits up to a maximum of 30 days in any one calendar year. Requests for such leave for family illness or bereavement are subject to the approval of the agency and shall not be unreasonably withheld.