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.
At the discretion of the agency, up to a maximum of 240 hours (30 days) of sick leave may be advanced to an employee when required by the exigencies of the situation. For further details and limitations, please see our fact sheet entitled Advanced Sick Leave.