Ch. 347

1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(2)     If the request is made to observe a religious holiday, the appointing
authority may deny the request only if:

(i) the employee's unit provides a service continuously on a
7-day-a-week basis;

(ii) the denial is necessary because of a critical shortage of staff in the
unit; and

(iii) no reasonable accommodation to the employee's request can be
made.

(3)     If the request is made for any other reason, the appointing authority may
deny the request only if the denial is necessary because of a critical shortage of staff in the
employee's unit.

[7-404.] 9-403.

(a)     (1) An employee may not accumulate unused personal leave.

(2) ANY UNUSED PERSONAL LEAVE SHALL BE FORFEITED AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE FIRST FULL PAY PERIOD OF THE NEXT CALENDAR YEAR.

(b)     [At the end of each calendar year, the unused personal leave of all employees
becomes part of the State Employees' Leave Reserve Fund established by § 7-510 of this
title.] PERSONAL LEAVE THAT IS FORFEITED IS PLACED PLACED, UNLESS THE
EMPLOYEE OBJECTS, IN THE STATE EMPLOYEES' LEAVE BANK ESTABLISHED BY §
9-602(A)(1) OF THIS TITLE

[7-405.] 9-404.

An employee may voluntarily donate any amount of the employee's personal leave
to the State Employees' Leave Bank or to another State employee [ who has exhausted all
available annual, personal, sick, and compensatory leave because of a serious and
prolonged medical condition] UNDER THE EMPLOYEE-TO-EMPLOYEE LEAVE
DONATION PROGRAM UNDER SUBTITLE 6 OF THIS TITLE.

Subtitle 5. Sick Leave.

[7-501.

This subtitle applies to all classified service and unclassified service employees in
the State Personnel Management System.]

[7-502.] 9-501.

(a)     Each employee [subject to this subtitle] IN THE STATE PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, EXCEPT A TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE, is entitled to sick leave
with pay as provided in this subtitle.

(b)     Sick leave may be used:

(1) for illness or disability of the employee;

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