Date Issued: 01/03/1999
Purpose
To allow for the recovery of overdrawn sick leave from out-of-scope employees
Policy
If an out-of-scope employee is overdrawn on sick leave at the beginning of a fiscal year, one half of the current year's entitlement or the overdrawn amount, whichever is less, is to be applied against the overdrawn amount and the balance is available for use during the current year.
If any balance remains to the employee's credit at the end of the year, it is to be applied against any remaining overdrawn sick leave.
The Public Service Regulations 1999, Section 65 state that:
"(4) Subject to subsection (5), if an employee who is leaving the public service has taken any type of paid leave in excess of the amount earned by the employee, the employee is to have deducted from any money owing to the employee by the Government of Saskatchewan an amount calculated on the basis of the number of days over-expended at the employee's salary on separation."
"(5) If the reason for the employee's separation from the public service is the employee's death, no amount respecting sick leave credits is to be deducted from any money owing to the employee by the Government of Saskatchewan."
Authority
Public Service Act 1998, Part 2, Section 14(1)(d);
Public Service Regulations 1999, Part 5, Section 62 & 65
Inquiry
For inquiries, please contact the Human Resource Service Centre.