Section 389-11-6 - ABSENCE WITHOUT LEAVEA. Any absence of an employee from duty that is not authorized by a specific grant of leave of absence under the provisions of these rules, or taken as earned vacation leave about to expire, shall be deemed to be absence without leave.B. Any such absences shall be without pay and may be made grounds for disciplinary action.C. In the absence of such disciplinary action, any employee who absents himself for three consecutive days without leave shall be deemed to have resigned, but such absence may be covered by a subsequent grant of leave without pay in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of this Chapter.18- 389 C.M.R. ch. 11, § 6