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bargaining unit 9 professional engineers - Dpa - State of California

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5.9 Personal Leave ProgramEffective October 1, 2003, the <strong>State</strong> shall implement a mandatory personal leaveprogram for all <strong>unit</strong> employees. This program shall remain in effect for 12 months.Employees may voluntarily participate in the personal leave program on a continuingbasis.A. Each full-time employee subject to paragraph b. shall be credited with eight (8) hours<strong>of</strong> Personal Leave on the first day <strong>of</strong> the following monthly pay period for each monthin the Personal Leave Program (PLP).B. Salary ranges and rates shall be changed to reflect the July 1, 2003 general salaryincrease; however, each full-time employee shall continue to work his/her assignedwork schedule and shall have a reduction in pay equal to 5%. In exchange 8 hours<strong>of</strong> leave will be credited to the employee’s PLP monthly.C. Personal leave shall be requested and used by the employee in the same manner asvacation or annual leave. Requests to use personal leave must be submitted inaccordance with departmental policies on vacation and annual leave balancespursuant to Article 5 (Leaves) and Sections 5.4 (Vacation Leave) and 5.12 (AnnualLeave).D. At the discretion <strong>of</strong> the <strong>State</strong>, all or a portion <strong>of</strong> unused personal leave credits maybe cashed out at the employee’s salary rate at the time the personal leave paymentis made. It is understood by both parties that the application <strong>of</strong> this cash outprovision may differ from department to department and from employee to employee.Upon termination from <strong>State</strong> employment, the employee shall be paid for unusedpersonal leave credits in the same manner as vacation or annual leave. Cash out orlump sum payment for any Personal Leave credits shall not be considered as“compensation” for purposes <strong>of</strong> retirement. If funds become available, asdetermined by the Department <strong>of</strong> Finance, for the Personal Leave program,departments will <strong>of</strong>fer employees the opport<strong>unit</strong>y to cash out accrued personal leave.Upon retirement/separation, the cash value <strong>of</strong> the employees personal leave balancemay be transferred into a <strong>State</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>California</strong>, Department <strong>of</strong> Personnel AdministrationDeferred Compensation Program as permitted.E. An employee may not use any kind <strong>of</strong> paid leave such as sick leave, vacation, orholiday time to avoid a reduction in pay resulting from the Personal Leave Program.F. A <strong>State</strong> employee in the Personal Leave Program shall be entitled to the same level<strong>of</strong> <strong>State</strong> employer contributions for health, vision, dental, flex-elect cash option, andenhanced survivor’s benefits he or she would have received had the Personal Leaveprogram not occurred.G. The Personal Leave Program shall not cause a break in <strong>State</strong> service, a reduction inthe employee’s accumulation <strong>of</strong> service credit for the purposes <strong>of</strong> seniority andretirement, leave accumulation, or a merit salary adjustment.H. The Personal Leave Program shall neither affect the employee’s final compensationused in calculating <strong>State</strong> retirement benefits nor reduce the level <strong>of</strong> <strong>State</strong> death ordisability benefits the employee would otherwise receive or be entitled to receive norshall it affect the employee’s ability to supplement those benefits with paid leave.39 BU 903-08

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