Arkansas Code Title 21. Public Officers and Employees § 21-4-204. Annual leave--Accrual--Use

(a)(1) Except for the employees under subdivision (a)(2) of this section, each permanent or probationary employee shall be entitled to annual leave with full pay computed on the basis of the following schedule for each complete month of service including the probationary period:

(2) Each fire and emergency service employee of the Department of the Military who works a regularly scheduled shift of more than forty-seven (47) hours per week is entitled to annual leave with full pay computed on the basis of the following schedule for each complete month of service:

(2) Accumulated annual leave shall be granted by the agency director at such time or times as will least interfere with the efficient operation of the agency.

(3) Employees transferring between state agencies without a break in service shall retain, at the time of transfer, all accumulated annual leave credits.

(4) Change of positions in the annual leave schedule shall be determined on the basis of completed years of service. Seniority for reinstated employees will be brought forward in completed years of service only.

(5) Accrual rates will change on the first day of the month following eligibility for the next higher accrual rate.

(6) Annual leave may not be accumulated during a period of leave without pay when such leave is for ten (10) or more days within a calendar month.

(7) Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, and nonworking days within a period of annual leave shall not be charged as annual leave. Annual leave granted shall be based on working days.

(f)(1) Unearned annual leave shall not be loaned.

(2) The minimum charge for absence on account of annual leave shall be fifteen (15) minutes.

(g)(1) At the end of the calendar year and except as provided in § 21-4-205(c), an employee's accumulated annual leave that exceeds the maximum allowed under subsection (e) of this section shall be deposited into the catastrophic leave bank administered by the Office of Personnel Management.

(2) If an employee does not want his or her accumulated annual leave that exceeds the maximum allowed under subsection (e) of this section to be deposited into the catastrophic leave bank under subdivision (g)(1) of this section, he or she shall submit a written request to the Office of Personnel Management that the accumulated annual leave in question be forfeited in lieu of being deposited into the catastrophic leave bank.