"If a contractor frontloads the full amount of leave year, it may limit the carryover to the next year to 56 hours. But the contract must still frontload the full amount of leave at the beginning of the accrual year. This means that the employee's leave bank may have more than 56 hours in it each year. Employees are not entitled to be paid for their unused sick leave upon termination or resignation. But unused sick leave must be reinstated if an employee is rehired within 12 months after being separated."  MORE >>