If an employee's request for leave of absence with or without pay is disapproved and the employee takes unauthorized leave, the district attorney may place the employee on leave without pay and after an unauthorized leave of absence for three (3) consecutive workdays may consider the employee to have abandoned the position and resigned from the office of the district attorney. Employees who are deemed absent without leave shall not accrue annual or sick leave.
N.M. Admin. Code § 10.4.7.23