1 Waivers (American football), an NFL procedure by which a team makes a player contract or NFL rights available to all other teams. 2  Waivers (NHL), an NHL procedure by which a team makes a playerâs contract and rights available to all other teams.  Waivers (MLB), a type of Major League Baseball transaction.
Up until recently only CSRS system employees received credit towards retirement for unused sick leave. It isn't uncommon for a federal employee with 30 or more years service to accrued in excess of one year, 2087 hours, of sick leave.
A full-time employee may use up to 104 hours (or 13 days) of sick leave in any leave year for the general care of a family member or for bereavement. A part-time employee or an employee with an uncommon tour may use leave in an amount equal to number of hours of sick leave he/she normally accrues during a leave year.