Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
Retirement: means withdrawal from membership with a retirement allowance granted under chapters 34-37 of this title. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
Retirement system: means the Tennessee consolidated retirement system as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
Service: means service as a general employee, a teacher, a state police officer, a wildlife officer, a firefighter, a police officer, a state judge, a county judge, an attorney general, a commissioner or a county official which is paid for by an employer, and also includes service for which a former member of the general assembly is entitled to under former §. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
(1) Each officer and employee entitled to annual leave by this part must be compensated upon termination for the officer’s or employee’s unused accrued annual leave, based upon the number of months the employee worked beyond the officer’s or employee’s service anniversary date.(2) If the termination date is prior to the service anniversary date, the officer or employee’s final paycheck must be reduced to account for the number of annual days used that exceed the number of months in which the employee worked.(3) If the separated employee is rehired by the state within one (1) year of the date of separation, the state shall reinstate any accrued, unused annual leave from the previous period of employment for which the employee was not compensated at separation.(b) All persons entitled to terminal leave who are subject to retirement under the state retirement system or teachers’ retirement system shall be compensated for their terminal leave prior to the effective date of their retirement.(c) All persons entitled to terminal leave at death, the compensation covering the same shall be paid to their estate or to their designated beneficiary.(d) Any employee who is dismissed or terminated from state service for gross misconduct, or who resigns from state service to avoid dismissal for gross misconduct, or who was guilty of gross misconduct prior to leaving state service, shall not be entitled to collect any of the benefits hereunder.
