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.
The best part of the INTC dividend is that its payout ratio is only 45%. That's lower than five of the top 10 dividend-paying companies on the S&P 500, including Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) at 89.3% and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) at 48.4%. Intel has increased its dividend every year for the last 11 years.