FURLOUGH

AB 3 of the 31st Special Legislative Session 2020 requires each full-time state employee to take 48 hours of unpaid furlough leave, and part-time employees to take a proportional amount of such hours, during the period between January 1, 2021, and June 30, 2021.

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EXCEPTIONS

AB 3 established two exceptions to the furlough requirement:

  1. A position of critical need as determined by an agency’s appointing authority and approved by the Board of Examiners; and
  2. Employees of the Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs with a standard workweek of 32 hours or less.

If an employee’s position is exempted from the furlough requirement, the employee’s salary will be reduced by 4.6 percent during the period between January 1, 2021, and June 30, 2021.

See 2020-21 Implementation of Furloughs and Furlough Exemption – Form Process for further information on furlough exceptions.



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