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HENRICO COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - FAMILY & MEDICAL LEAVE OF ABSENCE APPLICABLE
LEAVE TYPES
Before an employee is placed in a leave without pay status, he/she is required to use appropriate
accumulated leave (sick, personal, and/or annual leave) as outlined in personnel policy P4-08. .
● Sick Leave - All full time employees
earn unlimited accumulation of sick
leave. Sick leave may be used for an
employee’s own illness, or up to 65 days
for immediate family (spouse, parent, or
child). P4-08-001
● Annual Leave - All 260 days employees
earn annual leave. P4-08-008
● Extended Sick Leave - This may be
requested by eligible employees after all
accumulated leave is exhausted. An
employee must have completed three
(3) years of service with HCPS, have a
physician’s statement certifying the
necessity of continued absence, and
must be out 20 consecutive work days.
If approved, an employee will receive
the difference of his/her daily rate and
the rate of the board substitute (or the
first step of the employee’s pay grade).
P4-08-014
● Personal Leave - Granted to all full-
time employees. Personnel working less
than 12 months may accumulate a
maximum of 5 days. P4-08-009
● Catastrophic Leave - Refers to any
potentially terminal medical condition
that requires lengthy hospital or home
care for the employee only. Employees
out for 30 consecutive workdays may be
eligible for up to 45 days of paid
catastrophic leave (Employees are
eligible for 30 days of paid catastrophic
leave after one year of employment with
HCPS and for 45 days of paid
catastrophic leave after five years of
employment with HCPS.). Leave is
granted in 15 day increments with
physician’s update. Employees must
apply in writing for catastrophic leave.
P4-08-017
● Discretionary Leave - A leave of absence for
up to one year will be granted to an employee
with at least three (3) successful years of
experience with HCPS. Discretionary leave
may be taken for illness, family demands, or
other personal reasons. Application for
discretionary leave of absence must be made
in writing at the earliest possible date, but no
less that thirty (30) days prior to expected
commencement of leave. If the leave is being
requested for illness or disability, the leave of
absence will commence only after the leave
covered under FMLA has been taken.
Employees with documented performance
difficulties are not eligible for discretionary
leave. In addition, an employee must inform
the Director of Human Resources whether or
not he/she will return to active status no later
than February 1 of the school year preceding
the school year in which he or she is
scheduled to return from leave. Failure to
notify the Director of Human Resources will
result in termination of employment effective
the end of the leave period. P4-08-018, R4-08-
018