A leave recipient must use accrued annual leave (or sick leave, if applicable) before using donated leave (note that beginning December 2, 1994, an eligible employee may use up to 13 days of sick leave to care for a family member, see Federal Employees Family Friendly Leave Act).
Investors assessing the safety of dividends through historical figures are missing the point. Verizon was only able to pay dividends in 2016 by selling of $6.1 billion assets. Verizon cannot continue to pay their dividends. While I am by no means a dividend investor, I feel inclined to comment on the topic.
NutriSystem announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, February 27th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.175 per share on Monday, March 20th. This represents a $0.70 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.29%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 7th.