Common use of Annual Leave - Enhanced NDI Clause in Contracts

Annual Leave - Enhanced NDI. A. Annual Leave 1. Employees who are currently subject to vacation and sick leave provisions may elect to enroll in the Annual Leave Program at any time. New employees may elect to enroll in the Annual Leave Program following the equivalent of completion of six (6) months of full-time employment. One hundred sixty (160) hours of paid employment equals one (1) month of full- time employment for employees who work on an intermittent basis. The effective date of the election shall be the first day of the pay period in which the election is received by the appointing power. Once enrolled in annual leave, an employee shall become entitled to an enhanced non- industrial disability insurance (NDI) benefit (50% of gross salary) upon serving a waiting period of ninety (90) consecutive calendar days. If the employee files a claim for NDI benefits between the effective date of enrollment in annual leave and the end of the waiting period, the standard NDI benefit shall be payable. This waiting period does not apply to any employee who was enrolled in the Annual Leave Program upon appointment in a position requiring mandatory participation. 2. Participation in the Annual Leave Program shall be irrevocable. Each full- time employee shall receive credit for annual leave in lieu of the vacation and sick leave credits of this provision in accordance with the following schedule: 7 months to 3 years 12 hours per month 37 months to 10 years 15 hours per month 121 months to 15 years 17 hours per month 181 months to 20 years 18 hours per month 241 months and over 19 hours per month Part-time and hourly employees shall accrue proportional annual leave credits. Employees who work on an intermittent basis shall receive annual leave credits in accordance with leave accrual schedule in paragraph A. 2. above, on the basis of one hundred sixty (160) hours of paid employment equals one (1) month of full-time employment. Employees shall have the continued use of any sick leave accrued as of the day before participation in the program in accordance with applicable laws, rules or Memorandum of Understanding. Employees accrued vacation leave will be converted to annual leave, however, HOL, PLP, excess, or other accrued leave balances will be retained or accrued as before participation in the program. DPA rule or Memorandum of Understanding shall provide all provisions necessary for the administration of this section. 3. A full-time employee who has eleven (11) or more working days of service in a monthly pay period shall earn annual leave credits as set forth in DPA Rules 599.608 and 599.609. 4. Employees working less than full-time or who work in multiple positions accrue annual leave in accordance with the applicable DPA rules. 5. If an employee does not use all of the annual leave that the employee has accrued in a calendar year, the employee may carry over his/her accrued annual leave credits to the following calendar year to a maximum of six hundred forty (640) hours. A department head or designee may permit an employee to carry over more than six hundred forty (640) hours of accrued annual leave hours if an employee was unable to reduce his accrued hours because the employee: (1) was required to work as a result of fire, flood, or other extensive emergency; (2) was assigned work of a priority or critical nature over an extended period of time; (3) was absent on full salary for compensable injury; (4) was prevented by department regulations from taking annual leave because of sick leave; or (5) was on jury duty. 6. Upon termination from state employment, the employee shall be paid for accrued annual leave credits for all accrued annual leave time. 7. The time when annual leave shall be taken by the employee shall be determined by the Department head or designee. If on January 1 of each year an employee’s annual leave bank exceeds the cap in paragraph 5; the department may order the employee to take annual leave. 8. Annual leave requests must be submitted in accordance with departmental policies on this subject. However, when two (2) or more employees on the same shift (if applicable) in a work unit (as defined by each department head or designee) request the same annual leave time and approval cannot be given to all employees requesting it, employees shall be granted their preferred annual leave period in order of seniority set forth in Article XII Section 12.01

Annual Leave - Enhanced NDI. A. Annual Leave 1. Employees who are currently subject to vacation and sick leave provisions may elect to enroll in the Annual Leave Program at any time. New employees may elect to enroll in the Annual Leave Program following the equivalent of completion of six (6) months of full-time employment. One hundred sixty (160) hours of paid employment equals one (1) month of full- time employment for employees who work on an intermittent basis. The effective date of the election shall be the first day of the pay period in which the election is received by the appointing power. Once enrolled in annual leave, an employee shall become entitled to an enhanced non- non-industrial disability insurance (NDI) benefit (50% of gross salary) upon serving a waiting period of ninety (90) consecutive calendar days. If the employee files a claim for NDI benefits between the effective date of enrollment in annual leave and the end of the waiting period, the standard NDI benefit shall be payable. This waiting period does not apply to any employee who was enrolled in the Annual Leave Program upon appointment in a position requiring mandatory participation. 2. Participation in the Annual Leave Program shall be irrevocable. Each full- full-time employee shall receive credit for annual leave in lieu of the vacation and sick leave credits of this provision in accordance with the following schedule: 7 months to 3 years 12 hours per month 37 months to 10 years 15 hours per month 121 months to 15 years 17 hours per month 181 months to 20 years 18 hours per month 241 months and over 19 hours per month Notwithstanding the above, on the first day of the July pay period each year of this MOU, Unit 6 employees shall accrue one (1) hour less of annual leave than identified in the schedule above. For each employee in Unit 6 on the first day of the July pay period, the employer shall credit the union’s Release Time Bank in Article 10 with one (1) hour. Part-time and hourly employees shall accrue proportional annual leave credits. Employees who work on an intermittent basis shall receive annual leave credits in accordance with leave accrual schedule in paragraph A. 2. above, on the basis of one hundred sixty (160) hours of paid employment equals one (1) month of full-time employment. Employees shall have the continued use of any sick leave accrued as of the day before participation in the program in accordance with applicable laws, rules or Memorandum of Understanding. Employees Employees’ accrued vacation leave will be converted to annual leave, however, HOL, PLP, excess, or other accrued leave balances will be retained or accrued as before participation in the program. DPA CalHR rule or Memorandum of Understanding shall provide all provisions necessary for the administration of this section. 3. A full-time employee who has eleven (11) or more working days of service in a monthly pay period shall earn annual leave credits as set forth in DPA CalHR Rules 599.608 and 599.609. 4. Employees working less than full-time or who work in multiple positions accrue annual leave in accordance with the applicable DPA CalHR rules. 5. If an employee does not use all of the annual leave that the employee has accrued in a calendar year, the employee may carry over his/her accrued annual leave credits to the following calendar year to a maximum of six hundred forty (640) hours. A department head or designee may permit an employee to carry over more than six hundred forty (640) hours of accrued annual leave hours if an employee was unable to reduce his accrued hours because the employee: (1) was required to work as a result of fire, flood, or other extensive emergency; (2) was assigned work of a priority or critical nature over an extended period of time; (3) was absent on full salary for compensable injury; (4) was prevented by department regulations from taking annual leave because of sick leave; or (5) was on jury dutyyear. 6. Upon termination from state employment, the employee shall be paid for accrued annual leave credits for all accrued annual leave time. 7. The time when annual leave shall be taken by the employee shall be determined by the Department head or designee. If on January 1 of each year an employee’s annual leave bank exceeds the cap in paragraph 5; the department may order the employee to take annual leave. 8. Annual leave requests must be submitted in accordance with departmental policies on this subject. However, when two (2) or more employees on the same shift (if applicable) in a work unit (as defined by each department head or designee) request the same annual leave time and approval cannot be given to all employees requesting it, employees shall be granted their preferred annual leave period in order of seniority set forth in Article XII Section 12.01