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Annual Leave: prorated
accruals, based on the employee's VRWS percentage
Banked (Unused) VR Time Upon
Promotion, Transfer or Reassignment Within an Agency or Within a Facility or Institution:
Unused VR Time Credits are carried forward on the employee's time card when movement is
within an appointment authority. Continuation of the VRWS program is at the discretion of
management.
Banked (Unused) VR Time Upon Return
to Normal Work Schedule: VR Time Credits earned on or after April 1, 1995 may be
carried forward on the employee's time card after completion of the individual VRWS
agreement period but must be liquidated by the September 30th after the end of the fiscal
year in which the agreement expired.
Banked (Unused) VR Time Upon
Separation: Unused VR Time Credits will be paid at the straight time rate upon layoff,
resignation from State service, termination, retirement or death.
Between Facilities or Institutions
Within an Agency: Unused VR Time Credits will be paid at the straight time rate by the
agency or facility/institution in which the VR Time was earned, unless the employee
requests and the new agency or facility/institution accepts the transfer or VR Time on the
employee's time card.
Dental Insurance: no effect;
full coverage
Eligibility for Open Competitive
Examinations: Prorate; VR Time used shall not be considered time worked for
determining length of service for open competitive examinations.
Eligibility for Promotion
Examinations: No impact; VR Time used shall be counted as time worked in determining
eligibility for promotion exams.
Employee Benefit Fund: no
effect
Geographic Pay: prorate
Health Insurance: no effect;
full coverage
Holidays: no change in holiday
benefit
Inconvenience Pay: prorate
Jury-Court Leave: no impact
on eligibility or entitlement
Layoff: No impact; seniority
date for layoff purposes is not changed.
Location Pay: prorate
Longevity Increase: no change
in eligibility
Military Leave: no impact on
eligibility or entitlement
Overtime Work: VR Time used
shall not be counted as time worked in determining eligibility for overtime payments at
premium rates within a workweek.
Paid Leave Balances on Time Card:
There is no requirement that leave credits be exhausted prior to the beginning of the VRWS
agreement. Paid leave balances are carried forward without adjustment; personal leave
balance is prorated.
Payroll: Employee never leaves
the payroll; employee remains in full payroll status with partial pay for the duration of
the agreement period and receives pay checks each pay period at the agreed upon temporary
reduced level.
Performance Advance or Increment
Advance: evaluation date is not changed; no change in eligibility.
Performance Award or Lump Sum
Payment: no impact; no change in eligibility
Personal Leave: prorated
credits, based on the employee's VRWS percentage
Pre-Shift Briefing: prorate
Probationary Period: no effect
Retirement Benefit Earnings:
Will reduce final average salary if VRWS period is included in three years earnings used
to calculate final average salary.
Retirement Service Credit:
prorate
Return to Normal Work Schedule:
Employee will return to his or her other normal work schedule upon completion of the VRWS
agreement period.
Salary: Normal gross salary
earned is reduced by percentage of voluntary reduction in work schedule; no effect on base
annual salary rate.
Seniority: No impact; employee
never leaves the payroll; seniority date is not changed; Full seniority credit is earned.
Seniority for Promotion
Examinations: No impact; VR Time used shall be counted as time worked in determining
seniority credits for promotion exams.
Shift Pay: prorate
Sick Leave at Full Pay:
prorated accruals, based on the employee's VRWS percentage
Sick Leave at Half Pay: No
impact on eligibility or entitlement. Employees who go on Sick Leave at Half Pay for 28
consecutive calendar days will have their VRWS agreement cancelled and be returned to
their normal work schedule and pay base.
Social Security: No change;
contribution rate is set by Federal Law and is applied to the salary which the employee is
paid.
Standby Pay: no impact
Survivor's Benefit: no effect
Traineeship: no effect
Unemployment Insurance: no
change; formula set by statute
Workers' Compensation Benefits:
No impact on eligibility for entitlement to workers' compensation benefits pursuant to
rule or contract. Following 28 consecutive calendar days of absence due to a work-related
injury or illness, the VRWS agreement is cancelled and the employee returned to his or her
normal work schedule and pay base. At that point the employee receives workers'
compensation benefits based on the normal full-time salary and no longer earns VR credits.
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