MILESTONE LEAVE| Kailan pwedeng gamitin ng bagong employee ang kanyang milestone leave/special privilege leave (SPL)?
Good evening po. I just want to ask if the employee was hired last February 2019, can she already enjoy her milestone leave? As far as i know, we need to render 6 months of service to be able to enjoy our leave. Am i right?
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Pursuant to Sections 1 and 21, Rule XVI, Omnibus Rules:
“SECTION 1. Entitlement to Leave Privileges. – In general, appointive officials and employees of the government whether permanent, temporary, or casual, who render work during the prescribed office hours, shall be entitled to 15 days vacation and 15 days sick leave annually with full pay exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, Public Holidays, without limitation as to the number of days of vacation and sick leave that they may accumulate.
Note: Foregoing considered, an employee qualified to earn leave privileges can earn 1.25 vacation leave credits and 1.25 sick leave credits per month.
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“SECTION 21. Special leave privileges. – In addition to the vacation, sick, maternity and paternity leave, officials and employees with or without existing or approved Collective Negotiation Agreement (CNA), except teachers and those covered by special leave laws, are granted the following special leave privileges subject to the conditions hereunder stated:
(a) funeral/mourning leave;
(b) graduation leave;
(c) enrollment leave;
(d) wedding/anniversary leave;
(e) birthday leave;
(f) hospitalization leave;
(g) accident leave;
(h) relocation leave;
(i) government transaction leave; and
(j) calamity leave.
(1) That the official/employee may be granted a maximum of three (3) days within a calendar year of any or combination of special leave privileges of his choice which he would opt to avail;
(2) That such privileges shall be non-cumulative and non-commutative;
(3) That the official/employee shall submit the application for the said special leave privileges for at least one (1) week prior to its availment except on emergency cases; and
(4) Special leave privilege may be availed of by the official/employee when the occasion is personal to him and that of his immediate family.
To answer the question, the employee hired on February 2019, may already avail of his/her SPL, provided, all the conditions above were complied with. None in the rules can you find that the employee must render six months of service first before he/she can avail of his/her leave privileges.