(A) Employees of a state agency may request leave from the pool leave account established in this article of his agency for a personal emergency in the manner and under the conditions authorized by this article.

(B) This leave request must be submitted to the employing agency and must be accompanied by the following information concerning the employee:

Terms Used In South Carolina Code 8-11-710

  • Employing agency: means the agency in which the leave recipient is employed. See South Carolina Code 8-11-700
  • Personal emergency: means a catastrophic and debilitating medical situations, severely complicated disabilities, severe accident cases, family medical emergencies or other hardship situations that are likely to require an employee's absence from duty for a prolonged period of time and to result in a substantial loss of income to the employee because of the unavailability of paid leave. See South Carolina Code 8-11-700

(1) the name, employing agency, position title, and classification of the employee; and

(2) a brief description of the nature, severity, and anticipated duration of the medical, family, or other hardship situation affecting the employee.

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