(A) Upon approval by the director of the employing agency, a leave recipient may use annual or sick leave from the pool account established under § 8-11-730 in the same manner and for the same purposes as if he had accrued the leave in the manner provided by law. Leave that accrues to the account of the leave recipient must be used before any transferred leave from the pool account.

(B) Transferred annual or sick leave from the pool account remaining to the credit of a leave recipient when the leave recipient’s employment terminates must not be transferred to another employee, included in a lump-sum payment for accrued leave, or included in the recipient’s total service for retirement computation purposes.

Terms Used In South Carolina Code 8-11-740

  • Employing agency: means the agency in which the leave recipient is employed. See South Carolina Code 8-11-700
  • Leave recipient: means an employee of an employing agency who has a personal emergency and is selected to receive annual or sick leave from the pool leave account of his employing agency. See South Carolina Code 8-11-700