Time Off & Leave

*Years of service is computed from the 1st calendar day of the month following the hire date; except if the employee began work on the 1st working day of a month, include that month in the count. Employees with prior permanent state service, in or out of the state personnel system, earn leave based on the total whole months of service, excluding temporary assignments.

Per Executive Order D2023-001, Public Health Emergency Leave (PHEL) expansion for flu, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and other respiratory illnesses ended on Jan. 8, 2023.

While the expanded conditions are no longer covered, PHEL is still in effect for COVID-19 given that the federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) was extended on Jan. 11, 2023. The 80-hour PHEL will continue until four weeks after all applicable PHE declarations end or are suspended. The last day for PHEL is June 8, 2023.

 If you have any questions, please contact your agency human resources office. 

With the signing of SB22-139 on May 2, 2022, Gov. Polis created the 11th legal State holiday, Juneteenth, on June 19.

The holiday is recognized like most day-specific holidays, either on the day of, or on the preceding Friday or the following Monday if the date falls on a weekend. 

This holiday commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas to announce the end of the Civil War and declare that more than 250,000 enslaved Black people were now free. 

Despite the Emancipation Proclamation being issued on Jan. 1, 1863, many enslavers continued to hold enslaved people captive.

For more information, please contact your department's human resources or payroll office.