Employee Conditions. The department head or designee may authorize a permanent or probationary employee Voluntary Time Off without pay with the right to return to the same allocation subject to the following conditions: a. VTO shall be considered time in pay status for the accrual of benefits, cash allowance and eligibility for overtime and holidays. The same level of benefits and deductions shall be maintained for health, vision, life and dental insurance, vacation and sick leave accrual and retirement credit. The Employee’s base salary shall be reduced for each hour taken as VTO. The hourly cash allowance is paid for all hours in a pay status, thus will not be impacted by VTO hours taken. b. VTO may be taken in increments of not less than one-half hour. VTO shall be prorated for part-time employees based upon their regular work schedule (budgeted FTE). Employees may reduce their work schedule by up to 25% of their regular work schedule per pay period (for a full time FTE, the maximum reduction per pay period would be 20 hours). c. VTO shall apply toward time in service for retirement, completion of probation, eligibility for merit increases and toward seniority. d. VTO shall be granted without requiring employees to first use accumulated vacation or compensatory time off. e. VTO shall be available only to employees who are in pay status the entire work day before the beginning of the VTO, as well as the entire work day after the completion of VTO. f. VTO shall not be available to employees on other leaves without pay. g. VTO is contingent upon approval of the department head. Department heads may decline to agree for any reason. Approval must be received at least 5 days in advance of the requested dates, and completed before the expiration of the VTO Program. h. Employees on VTO may only be assigned to work overtime in case of emergencies.
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Samples: Memorandum of Understanding, Memorandum of Understanding, Memorandum of Understanding
Employee Conditions. The department head Department Head or designee may authorize a permanent or probationary employee Voluntary Time Off without pay with the right to return to the same allocation subject to the following conditions:
a. VTO shall be considered time in pay paid status for the accrual of benefits, cash allowance and eligibility for overtime and holidays. The same level of benefits and deductions shall be maintained for health, vision, life and dental insurance, vacation and sick leave accrual and retirement credit. The Employee’s base salary shall be reduced for each hour taken as VTO. The hourly cash allowance is paid for all hours in a pay paid status, thus will not be impacted by VTO hours taken.
b. VTO may be taken in increments of not less than one-half hour. VTO shall be prorated for part-time employees based upon their regular work schedule (budgeted FTE). Employees may reduce their work schedule by up to 25% of their regular work schedule per pay period (for a full time FTE, the maximum reduction per pay period would be 20 hours).
c. VTO shall apply toward time in service for retirement, completion of probation, eligibility for merit increases and toward seniority.
d. VTO shall be granted without requiring employees to first use accumulated vacation or compensatory time off.
e. VTO shall be available only to employees who are in pay paid status the entire work day before the beginning of the VTO, as well as the entire work day after the completion of VTO.
f. VTO shall not be available to employees on other leaves without pay.
g. VTO is contingent upon approval of the department headDepartment Head. Department heads Heads may decline to agree for any reason. Approval must be received at least 5 days in advance of the requested dates, and completed before the expiration of the VTO Program.
h. Employees on VTO may only be assigned to work overtime in case of emergencies.
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Samples: Memorandum of Understanding, Memorandum of Understanding
Employee Conditions. The department head Department Head or designee may authorize a permanent or probationary employee Voluntary Time Off without pay with the right to return to the same allocation subject to the following conditions:
a. VTO shall be considered time in pay status for the accrual of benefits, cash allowance and eligibility for overtime and holidays. The same level of benefits and deductions shall be maintained for health, vision, life and dental insurance, vacation and sick leave accrual and retirement credit. The Employee’s base salary shall be reduced for each hour taken as VTO. The hourly cash allowance is paid for all hours in a pay status, thus will not be impacted by VTO hours taken.
b. VTO may be taken in increments of not less than one-half hour. VTO shall be prorated for part-time employees based upon their regular work schedule (budgeted FTE). Employees may reduce their work schedule by up to 25% of their regular work schedule per pay period (for a full time FTE, the maximum reduction per pay period would be 20 hours).
c. VTO shall apply toward time in service for retirement, completion of probation, eligibility for merit increases and toward seniority.
d. VTO shall be granted without requiring employees to first use accumulated vacation or compensatory time off.
e. VTO shall be available only to employees who are in pay status the entire work day before the beginning of the VTO, as well as the entire work day after the completion of VTO.
f. VTO shall not be available to employees on other leaves without pay.
g. VTO is contingent upon approval of the department headDepartment Head. Department heads Heads may decline to agree for any reason. Approval must be received at least 5 days in advance of the requested dates, and completed before the expiration of the VTO Program.
h. Employees on VTO may only be assigned to work overtime in case of emergencies.
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Samples: Memorandum of Understanding, Memorandum of Understanding
Employee Conditions. The department head or designee may authorize a permanent or probationary employee Voluntary Time Off without pay with the right to return to the same allocation subject to the following conditions:
a. VTO shall be considered time in pay paid status for the accrual of benefits, cash allowance and eligibility for overtime and holidays. The same level of benefits and deductions shall be maintained for health, vision, life and dental insurance, vacation and sick leave accrual and retirement credit. The Employee’s base salary shall be reduced for each hour taken as VTO. The hourly cash allowance is paid for all hours in a pay paid status, thus will not be impacted by VTO hours taken.
b. VTO may be taken in increments of not less than one-half hour. VTO shall be prorated for part-time employees based upon their regular work schedule (budgeted FTE). Employees may reduce their work schedule by up to 25% of their regular work schedule per pay period (for a full time FTE, the maximum reduction per pay period would be 20 hours).
c. VTO shall apply toward time in service for retirement, completion of probation, eligibility for merit increases and toward seniority.
d. VTO shall be granted without requiring employees to first use accumulated vacation or compensatory time off.
e. VTO shall be available only to employees who are in pay paid status the entire work day before the beginning of the VTO, as well as the entire work day after the completion of VTO.
f. VTO shall not be available to employees on other leaves without pay.
g. VTO is contingent upon approval of the department head. Department heads may decline to agree for any reason. Approval must be received at least 5 days in advance of the requested dates, and completed before the expiration of the VTO Program.
h. Employees on VTO may only be assigned to work overtime in case of emergencies.
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Samples: Memorandum of Understanding, Memorandum of Understanding
Employee Conditions. The department head Department Head or designee may authorize a permanent or probationary employee Voluntary Time Off without pay with the right to return to the same allocation subject to the following conditions:
a. VTO shall be considered time in pay status for the accrual of benefits, cash allowance and eligibility for overtime and holidays. The same level of benefits and deductions shall be maintained for health, vision, life and dental insurance, vacation and sick leave accrual and retirement credit. The Employee’s base salary shall be reduced for each hour taken as VTO. The hourly cash allowance is paid for all hours in a pay status, thus will not be impacted by VTO hours taken.
b. VTO may be taken in increments of not less than one-half hour. VTO shall be prorated for part-time employees based upon their regular work schedule (budgeted FTE). Employees may reduce their work schedule by up to 25% of their regular work schedule per pay period (for a full time FTE, the maximum reduction per pay period would be 20 hours).
c. VTO shall apply toward time in service for retirement, completion of probation, eligibility for merit increases and toward seniority.
d. VTO shall be granted without requiring employees to first use accumulated vacation or compensatory time off.
e. VTO shall be available only to employees who are in pay status the entire work day before the beginning of the VTO, as well as the entire work day after the completion of VTO.
f. VTO shall not be available to employees on other leaves without pay.
g. VTO is contingent upon approval of the department headDepartment Head. Department heads Heads may decline to agree for any reason. Approval must be received at least 5 days in advance of the requested dates, and completed before the expiration of the VTO ProgramMOU.
h. Employees on VTO may only be assigned to work overtime in case of emergencies.
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Samples: Memorandum of Understanding
Employee Conditions. The department head or designee may authorize a permanent or probationary employee Voluntary Time Off without pay with the right to return to the same allocation subject to the following conditions:
a. VTO shall be considered time in pay status for the accrual of benefits, cash allowance and eligibility for overtime and holidays. The same level of benefits and deductions shall be maintained for health, vision, life and dental insurance, vacation and sick leave accrual and retirement credit. The Employee’s base salary shall be reduced for each hour taken as VTO. The hourly cash allowance is paid for all hours in a pay status, thus will not be impacted by VTO hours taken.
b. VTO may be taken in increments of not less than one-half hour. VTO shall be prorated for part-part- time employees based upon their regular work schedule (budgeted FTE). Employees may reduce their work schedule by up to 25% of their regular work schedule per pay period (for a full time FTE, the maximum reduction per pay period would be 20 hours).
c. VTO shall apply toward time in service for retirement, completion of probation, eligibility for merit increases and toward seniority.
d. VTO shall be granted without requiring employees to first use accumulated vacation or compensatory time off.
e. VTO shall be available only to employees who are in pay status the entire work day before the beginning of the VTO, as well as the entire work day after the completion of VTO.
f. VTO shall not be available to employees on other leaves without pay.
g. VTO is contingent upon approval of the department head. Department heads may decline to agree for any reason. Approval must be received at least 5 days in advance of the requested dates, and completed before the expiration of the VTO ProgramMOU.
h. Employees on VTO may only be assigned to work overtime in case of emergencies.
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Samples: Memorandum of Understanding
Employee Conditions. The department head or designee may authorize a permanent or probationary employee Voluntary Time Off without pay with the right to return to the same allocation subject to the following conditions:
a. VTO shall be considered time in pay status for the accrual of benefits, cash allowance and eligibility for overtime and holidays. The same level of benefits and deductions shall be maintained for health, vision, life and dental insurance, vacation and sick leave accrual and retirement credit. The Employee’s base salary shall be reduced for each hour taken as VTO. The hourly cash allowance is paid for all hours in a pay status, thus will not be impacted by VTO hours taken.
b. VTO may be taken in increments of not less than one-half hour. VTO shall be prorated for part-time employees based upon their regular work schedule (budgeted FTE). Employees may reduce their work schedule by up to 25% of their regular work schedule per pay period (for a full time FTE, the maximum reduction per pay period would be 20 hours).
c. VTO shall apply toward time in service for retirement, completion of probation, eligibility for merit increases and toward seniority.
d. VTO shall be granted without requiring employees to first use accumulated vacation or compensatory time off.
e. VTO shall be available only to employees who are in pay status the entire work day before the beginning of the VTO, as well as the entire work day after the completion of VTO.
f. VTO shall not be available to employees on other leaves without pay.
g. VTO is contingent upon approval of the department head. Department heads may decline to agree for any reason. Approval must be received at least 5 days in advance of the requested dates, and completed before the expiration of the VTO Program.
h. Employees on VTO may only be assigned to work overtime in case of emergencies.
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Samples: Memorandum of Understanding
Employee Conditions. The department head or designee may authorize a permanent or probationary employee Voluntary Time Off without pay with the right to return to the same allocation subject to the following conditions:
a. VTO shall be considered time in pay status for the accrual of accrualof benefits, cash allowance and eligibility for overtime and holidays. The same level of benefits and deductions shall be maintained for health, vision, life and dental insurance, vacation and sick leave accrual and retirement credit. The Employee’s base salary shall be reduced for each hour taken as VTO. The hourly cash allowance is paid for all hours in a pay status, thus will not be impacted by VTO hours taken.
b. VTO may be taken in increments of not less than one-half hour. VTO shall be prorated for part-part- time employees based upon their regular work schedule (budgeted FTE). Employees may reduce their work schedule by up to 25% of their regular work schedule per pay period (for a full time FTE, the maximum reduction per pay period would be 20 hours).
c. VTO shall apply toward time in service for retirement, completion of probation, eligibility for merit increases and toward seniority.
d. VTO shall be granted without requiring employees to first use accumulated vacation or compensatory time off.
e. VTO shall be available only to employees who are in pay status the entire work day before the beginning of the VTO, as well as the entire work day after the completion of VTO.
f. VTO shall not be available to employees on other leaves without pay.
g. VTO is contingent upon approval of the department head. Department heads may decline to agree for any reason. Approval must be received at least 5 days in advance of the requested dates, and completed before the expiration of the VTO ProgramMOU.
h. Employees on VTO may only be assigned to work overtime in case of emergencies.
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Samples: Memorandum of Understanding
Employee Conditions. The department head or designee may authorize a permanent or probationary employee Voluntary Time Off without pay with the right to return to the same allocation subject to the following conditions:
a. VTO shall be considered time in pay status for the accrual of benefits, cash allowance and eligibility for overtime and holidays. The same level of benefits and deductions shall be maintained for health, vision, life and dental insurance, vacation and sick leave accrual and retirement credit. The Employee’s base salary shall be reduced for each hour taken as VTO. The hourly cash allowance is paid for all hours in a pay status, thus will not be impacted by VTO hours taken.
b. VTO may be taken in increments of not less than one-half hour. VTO shall be prorated for part-time employees based upon their regular work schedule (budgeted FTE). Employees may reduce their work schedule by up to 25% of their regular work schedule per pay period (for a full time FTE, the maximum reduction per pay period would be 20 hours).
c. VTO shall apply toward time in service for retirement, completion of probation, eligibility for merit increases and toward seniority.
d. VTO shall be granted without requiring employees to first use accumulated vacation or compensatory time off.
e. VTO shall be available only to employees who are in pay status the entire work day before the beginning of the VTO, as well as the entire work day after the completion of VTO.
f. VTO shall not be available to employees on other leaves without pay.
g. VTO is contingent upon approval of the department head. Department heads may decline to agree for any reason. Approval must be received at least 5 days in advance of the requested dates, and completed before the expiration of the VTO ProgramMOU.
h. Employees on VTO may only be assigned to work overtime in case of emergencies.
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Samples: Memorandum of Understanding