How does purchasing Sick Without Pay (SWOP) time work?
With medical verification, contributory members may purchase up to 12 consecutive months of service credit for each period of uncompensated leave of absence due to illness or injury (including maternity leave). Up to five months of maternity leave the month of birth, two months prior to the birth, and two months immediately following may be purchased with the submission of a valid birth certificate; other medical verification is not required. To be eligible to purchase SWOP, you must have returned to work for at least one day following the absence.
