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.
Under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), certain salaried and hourly employees are entitled to unpaid, job-protected sick leave of up to 12 work weeks. You must have worked for your employer for at least 12 months, consecutive or not, and for 1,250 hours during the 12 months prior to the start of your leave.