In accordance with OAC 530:10-15-50 and OKDHS:2-15-52, an employee may be placed on paid administrative leave as a cooling off period to defuse a potentially violent occurrence in the workplace. An employee's time on administrative leave under this Section must not exceed 32 hours in any 12 month period.
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(1) The employee may be assigned work to be performed during administrative leave or may be required to remain available to meet with Oklahoma Department of Human Services (OKDHS) personnel.
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(2) Administrative leave under this Section is not accrued or accumulated, and is not charged to annual leave or sick leave.
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(3) A record of the employee's hours of leave granted under this Section is kept separate from the employee's personnel files.
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(4) OKDHS reports the number of paid, administrative leave hours granted under this Section to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) as requested.