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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">An important message from FSU Office of Human Resources<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">This message has been approved by Shelley Lopez, Program Director, Communications/Special Projects, for distribution to all
Department Representatives.</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Employees’ annual (vacation) leave balances over the maximum year-end balance are converted into sick leave on an hour-for-hour basis at the end of each calendar year. As
outlined in policy, the University can approve the retention of excess annual leave, and the University will increase the maximum year-end limits for the calendar year 2024.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Staff and Faculty will automatically retain up to 80 hours of annual leave beyond the normal maximum for their classification to use in the calendar year 2025.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">2024 Maximum Year-End Annual Leave Balances:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Hours over the 2024 maximum year-end annual leave balances as of
<b>December 19, 2024, </b>will be converted to sick leave. Employees are not eligible to retain annual leave beyond the 2024 maximum year-end limits.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Employees who do not want to retain the 80 hours of annual leave will have the option to be excluded and will have hours above the normal maximum
year-end balance for their classification converted to sick leave. Additional information on how employees may opt out of the automatic retention process will be released in a separate communication.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The increase to the 2024 maximum year-end annual leave balances will
<b><u>NOT</u></b> impact the lifetime maximum leave payout limits outlined in policy. All leave payouts will be in accordance with normal maximum payout amounts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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