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Leave Year Beginning and Ending Dates

A leave year begins on the first day of the first full biweekly pay period in a calendar year.  A leave year ends on the day immediately before the first day of the first full biweekly pay period in the following calendar year.

Employees may carry over to the next leave year a maximum amount of accrued annual leave (240 hours for most employees).  "Use or lose" annual leave is the amount of accrued annual leave that is in excess of the employee's maximum annual leave limitation for carry over into the next leave year.  Employees must "use" their excess annual leave by the end of a leave year or they will "lose" (forfeit) it.  An agency may consider restoring annual leave that was forfeited due to an exigency of the public business or sickness of the employee only if the annual leave was scheduled in writing before the start of the third biweekly pay period prior to the end of the leave year.

The beginning and ending dates of leave years 2002 through 2010 shown below apply to most employees.  However, some agency payroll systems use a different pay period schedule.  Employees should contact their agencies to verify the beginning and ending dates of a particular leave year.

 

Leave
Year

Leave Year
Beginning Date

Leave Year
Ending Date

Date for Scheduling
"Use or Lose"
Annual Leave

2002

January 13, 2002

January 11, 2003

November 30, 2002

2003

January 12, 2003

January 10, 2004

November 29, 2003

2004

January 11, 2004

January 08, 2005

November 27, 2004

2005

January 09, 2005

January 07, 2006

November 26, 2005

2006

January 08, 2006

January 06, 2007

November 25, 2006

2007

January 07, 2007

January 05, 2008

November 24, 2007

2008

January 06, 2008

January 03, 2009

November 22, 2008

2009

January 04, 2009

January 02, 2010

November 21, 2009

2010

January 03, 2010

January 01, 2011

November 20, 2010

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