December 30th, 2017 by WCBC Radio

Governor Jim Justice has stepped in to save hard-earned annual leave for hundreds of West Virginia correctional officers and staff who faced losing it through no fault of their own.  State personnel rules cap the amount of annual leave that public employees can carry over from one calendar year to the next. Annual leave in excess of that cap must be used during the year it is earned or it expires. But vacancies at West Virginia’s prisons, regional jails and juvenile facilities have required staff to work overtime throughout 2017, leaving them unable to take their use-or-lose annual leave. Gov. Justice has issued an executive order allowing these employees to carry all unused annual leave forward into 2018.