Budget Amendment ID: FY2025-S4-115

GOV 115

Sick Time Payout

Mr. Tarr moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section 19 the following sections:-

“SECTION 1. Section 31A of chapter 29 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:- (e) No employee of the commonwealth shall be paid for more than 1,000 hours of unused sick leave credits.”; and

SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, section _shall take effect for any employee of the commonwealth who has accrued not more than 1,000 hours of unused sick leave credits.

SECTION 3. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the personnel administrator of the human resources division shall promulgate revised rules under the second paragraph of section 28 of chapter 7 of the General Laws to incorporate the changes enacted in section 1.

SECTION 4. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, in the event of a conflict between section 1 and the terms of a collective bargaining agreement, the terms of the collective bargaining agreement shall prevail.