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<p class="MsoNormal">An important message from FSU Office of Human Resources<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>This message has been approved by Shelley Lopez, Program Director, Communications/Special Projects, for distribution to all Department Representatives.</b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Please notify all employees in your department of this important information.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Compensatory leave payouts will be included in paychecks issued on December 18, 2020. The payout amount is based on each employee’s compensatory leave balance on December 10, 2020.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please remember that employees wishing to <b>retain their unused</b>
<b>compensatory leave balances must have their requests</b> <b>approved by their department and received in Human Resources no later than Friday, December 4, 2020.</b><span style="color:red">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt"><b><span style="color:#782F40">Requests to “Carry Forward” Unused Compensatory Leave<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Compensatory leave may be retained rather than paid out. Employees may request to retain their unused compensatory leave as follows:
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Submit the <a href="http://www.hr.fsu.edu/PDF/Forms/TimeandLeave/Compensatory_Leave_Retention_Form.pdf">
<span style="color:blue">Request to Retain Compensatory Leave Form</span></a> to their supervisor and Dean, Director, or Department Head.
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Once approved by the department, all retention request forms must be forwarded to Human Resources for review and final approval by the Associate Vice President for Human Resources. Send completed forms to
Carmen Edwards at <a href="mailto:cedwards3@fsu.edu"><span style="color:blue">cedwards3@fsu.edu</span></a><u><span style="color:blue">.
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>Deadline:</b> Request to Retain Compensatory Leave Retention Forms must be
<b>received</b> in Human Resources by<b> December 4, 2020</b>. <o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If the employee’s compensatory leave balance on December 10, 2020, is less than one hour, it will be paid out and CANNOT be carried forward. Compensatory leave earned beginning December 11, 2020, will be available for use until December
2021.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Questions?</b> Contact Carmen Edwards at <u><span style="color:blue">cedwards3@fsu.edu</span></u> or at (850) 644-9641.<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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