As a State employee, you will accrue and be eligible to use sick leave beginning on the first day of employment.  As a full-time employee, you earn 8 hours of sick leave each month. 

Sick leave is available for:

• a personal illness or injury;
• appointments with physicians, dentists, opticians, nurse practitioners, or physician assistants for examination or treatment;
• pregnancy and confinement by a physician due to complications with pregnancy;
• to care for an eligible immediate family member who is ill; or
• for the adoption of a child under the age of three.