AGO Opinion Topics: STATE EMPLOYEES

State departments may not pay out of public funds all or any part of the premium cost of group insurance coverage of their employees.

Personnel working in the various institutions under the Division of Children and Youth Services have one year in which to meet the requirements of their respective positions after those requirements are established by the state personnel board.

The board of trustees of a state college of education is required by law to grant annual paid leaves of absence to employees called up for active military duty.  Such boards have authority to grant paid leaves of absence to employees called for jury service.  In both cases the compensation paid by the state should be reduced by the base pay received for such duty.