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In order to be eligible for emergency and temporary appointments, an employee must indicate in
writing an interest to the Appointing Authority at the time of layoff.
The notice provisions of Section 3C and Section 4E shall not apply for filling such positions.
Employees accepting such positions shall be eligible employees for purposes of holidays, vacation
leave and sick leave, provided such employees were eligible for those benefits in their immediately
preceding appointment. Employees who were eligible for and enrolled in insurance coverage in
their immediately preceding appointment will be eligible for those same coverages and at the same
level of Employer contribution which they were previously receiving at the time of their layoff. This
section shall not supersede the provisions of Article 19, Section 2B1 and Section 3C1. Such
employees shall be eligible to bid only on vacancies in the class and seniority unit from which they
were permanently or seasonally laid off under the provisions of Article 12, Section 6 of this
Agreement. Upon expiration of the appointment, the employee shall return to full layoff status.
Section 6. Limited Interruptions of Employment. Any interruption in employment not in excess
of seven (7) consecutive calendar days or any reduction from an employee's normal work hours
which continues two (2) calendar weeks or less shall not be considered a layoff. Such limited
interruption or reduction in hours may occur as a result of adverse weather conditions, shortage of
material or equipment, or for other unexpected or unusual reasons.
Prior to implementing a limited interruption of employment or a reduction in hours, the Appointing
Authority, whenever practicable, shall meet with the Local Union to discuss the need for such
action.
When the limited interruption of work or reduction in hours does not affect all employees in a class,
employment condition, shift, and work location, the least senior employee(s) affected shall have
their work interrupted or hours reduced. Limited interruption of work or reduction in hours shall not
be instituted for the purpose of subcontracting work normally performed by the affected bargaining
unit employees.
In the event limited interruptions of employment occur, employees shall, upon request, be entitled
to advance of hours up to his/her scheduled hours in order to provide the employee with up to
eighty (80) hours of earnings for a pay period. Advance of hours shall be allowed up to the
maximum number of hours of an employee's accumulated and unused vacation leave. If an
employee elects to draw such advances, the employee shall not be permitted to reduce the
employee's vacation accumulation below the total hours advanced. However, no employee after
the first six (6) months of Continuous Service shall be denied the right to use vacation time during
a limited interruption of employment as long as vacation hours accrued exceed the hours that the
employee has been advanced under this Section. All overtime hours worked subsequent to such
advances shall be credited against the employee's aggregate advance of hours until the advance
is reduced to zero (0). Employees may use compensatory time in lieu of vacation to provide a full
paycheck. An Appointing Authority may require employees who have accrued compensatory time
to use such time before the use of vacation. Such employees may choose not to make up the lost
hours.
On the payroll period ending closest to November 1st of each year, all employees who have
received such advances and have not worked sufficient overtime hours to reduce the advances to
zero (0) will have their advances reduced to zero (0) by reduction of the employee's accumulated
and unused vacation leave.
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