Whenever you leave state employment, you will be paid for any unused annual leave you have saved up to 360 hours. You are not paid for any AL you forfeited.Under FMLA, eligible employees in Georgia can take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for 12 months. There are mandatory types of unpaid leave. Neither federal nor state law requires that an employer provide vacation, sick, or personal leave. In Georgia, there is no state law that requires private employers to provide paid or unpaid holiday leave. Duration: Up to 12 work weeks a year. They are also entitled to up to six months of leave in a four-year period for annual training or service school. Employees in Georgia are entitled to 24 calendar days of paid and 15 calendar days of unpaid leaves. The provision of paid sick leave is at the employer's discretion.