Annual Leave Buy Back. A unit employee may elect to use annual leave credits, deferred hours, or compensatory time, to conduct Union business. Only the unit employee may purchase back from the State the total cost to the State of such credits subject to the following: 1. Unit employees shall be permitted annual leave, deferred hours, or compensatory time for absence from work for Union activity up to a maximum of their accrued credits. 2. The unit employee may reimburse expended credits used in the previous calendar year by cash payment to the appropriate State authority. 3. The parties agree that "buy back" will not take place more than four (4) times per year. 4. The parties agree that the unit employee's other benefits will not be adversely affected by the implementation of this Article. 5. Use of annual leave credits, deferred hours, or compensatory time is subject to the same approval requirements as for any other use of such time.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Labor Agreement, Labor Agreement
