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Section 2
Benefits
A. Eligibility.
Holidays, Vacation Leave, Sick Leave. Seasonal employees of the Department of Revenue
shall become eligible to begin receiving the benefits provided by Article 7 (Holidays), Article 8
(Vacation Leave), and Article 9 (Sick Leave) of the Master Agreement as follows:
1. Effective upon ratification of the 2001-2003 Agreement, seasonal employees shall be
eligible to receive holidays as provided by Article 7, Holidays, at date of hire. Seasonal
employees who are working, or on seasonal layoff, and who have not yet completed six (6)
months of actual work as a seasonal employee, shall also become eligible to receive
holidays immediately upon ratification.
2. Effective upon ratification of the 2001-2003 Agreement, seasonal employees shall become
eligible to accrue vacation leave as provided in Article 8, Vacation Leave, at date of hire.
Seasonal employees may not use vacation until completing six (6) months of actual work as
a seasonal employee in one or more consecutive seasons. Seasonal employees who are
working, or on seasonal layoff, and who have not yet completed six (6) months of actual
work as a seasonal employee, shall be eligible to begin accruing vacation leave
immediately upon ratification, but may not use vacation leave until they have completed six
(6) months of actual work as a seasonal employee since their date of hire.
3. Effective upon ratification of the 2003-2005 Agreement, seasonal employees shall become
eligible to accrue sick leave as provided by Article 9, Sick Leave, at date of hire, however,
seasonal employees may not use sick leave until completing six (6) months of actual work
as a seasonal employee in one or more consecutive seasons. Seasonal employees who
are working, or on seasonal layoff, and who have not yet completed six (6) months of actual
work as a seasonal employee, shall be eligible to begin accruing sick leave immediately
upon ratification, but may not use sick leave until they have completed six (6) months of
actual work as a seasonal employee since their date of hire.
Length of service for purposes of determining changes in accrual rates for employees who
become eligible after July 1, 1985, shall begin on the date of eligibility. Effective July 1,
1985, length of service for purposes of determining accrual rates for employees eligible for
vacation time on or before July 1, 1985, shall include all actual time worked prior to July 1,
1985, provided work is in consecutive seasons.
To be entitled to receive paid holidays, an eligible employee must be in payroll status on the
normal work day immediately preceding and the normal work day immediately following the
holiday(s).
Current employees of the State who accept seasonal employment with the Department of
Revenue after December 1, 1988 without a break in service who are eligible for vacation,
sick leave and holiday benefits shall continue to be eligible to use and earn such benefits in
accordance with Master Agreement language based upon their length of service credit at
the time of appointment to the seasonal position.
B. Vacation Liquidation. If the Appointing Authority determines that liquidation of accumulated
but unused vacation will not occur in a particular calendar year, employees and the local union
will be notified by April 15. If the Appointing Authority chooses to liquidate, all accumulated but
unused vacation hours in excess of one hundred twenty (120) hours will be liquidated once per
calendar year at the time of seasonal layoff from the employee’s primary season.
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