[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR831.302]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED)
 
PART 831_RETIREMENT--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart C_Credit for Service
 
Sec. 831.302  Unused sick leave.

    (a) For annuity computation purposes, the service of an employee who 
retires on immediate annuity or dies leaving a survivor entitled to 
annuity is increased by the days of unused sick leave to his credit 
under a formal leave system.
    (b) An immediate annuity is one which begins to accrue not later 
than 1 month after the employee is separated.
    (c) A formal leave system is one which is provided by law or 
regulation or operates under written rules specifying a group or class 
of employees to which it applies and the rate at which sick leave is 
earned.
    (d) In general, 8 hours of unused sick leave increases total 
services by 1 day. In cases where more or less than 8 hours of sick 
leave would be charged for a day's absence, total service is increased 
by the number of days in the period between the date of separation and 
the date that the unused sick leave would have expired had the employee 
used it (except that holidays falling within the period are treated as 
work days, and no additional leave credit is earned for that period).
    (e) If an employee's tour of duty changes from part time to full 
time or full time to part time within 180 days before retirement, the 
credit for unused sick leave is computed as though no change had 
occurred.

[34 FR 17617, Oct. 31, 1969]