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.
Verizon (VZ) Profits from Telecom Oligopoly in US. The quote above sums up our investment thesis for Verizon (VZ). We received shares in Verizon as part of Verizonâs deal to buy the rest of Verizon Wireless from Vodafone (VOD), one of our existing holdings. We had to decide whether to sell our shares, keep them, or possibly add to them.