You’re double lucky. Mid 70s I worked for stste of NC. Sick leave and personal time: you don’t use it in a calendae year, it flushes. Double stomp stupid, they all but begged us to lay out using it up.
Some of us (me) actually liked the job, never scammed them. Could be why I made Operator 3 in 18 months; supposed to take minimum 3 years. Boss had to take that one upstairs, but he did.
Some of the folks I work with are “concerned” that their sick is paid out at retirement at “ONLY” 50%! Good Grief, that’s the very definition of “free money”!