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.
SPY went ex-dividend Friday, Dividend 15th, 2017 with a dividend of $1.35133 per share. Its distribution payout will be on January 31st,2018. VOO, one of the other two big S&P 500 ETFs, went go ex-dividend on the 26th of December with a dividend of $1.1839/ share and that IVV, which went ex-dividend on the 19th of