Leave Payout. Each eligible employee who “opts-in” to the Plan will be required upon service or disability retirement from the City to contribute one-hundred percent (100%) of eligible sick leave, vacation and compensatory leave payouts. Each eligible employee who “opts-in” to the Plan will not be required to contribute any leave balance payouts to VEBA upon separation (excluding retirement) from employment with the City. Employees who have “opted-out” of the Plan will not be eligible to contribute leave payouts to the Plan upon retirement or separation. Those who have an existing VEBA account will continue to be eligible to submit for reimbursement for eligible medical expenses, however, they will not be able to make any further contributions to their accounts.
Leave Payout. As a faculty member on a 12-month appointment, funded in whole or in part from contracts or grants, you earn 3 days of personal leave, 15 days of sick leave and 22 days of annual leave per calendar year. Beginning with the twenty‐first year of employment, a full‐time faculty member serving on a fiscal‐year contract shall earn twenty‐five (25) days of paid annual leave and three (3) days of paid personal leave per calendar year. Leave is accrued proportionately based on the number of days worked as described in the USM Policy on Annual Leave for Faculty (II.2.40). Personal leave must be used in the calendar year in which it is earned; personal leave is not carried over from one calendar year to the next and faculty are not eligible for a cash payout of unused personal leave days upon termination of employment. As per the USM policy, annual leave may be used only to the extent earned and with the concurrence of your supervisor. You are encouraged to use accrued annual leave during the term of your appointment. A part-time faculty member appointed on at least a 50% FTE and serving on a fiscal year contract shall earn, use, accrue and be eligible for a cash payout of annual leave on a pro-rata basis on the same terms available to full-time faculty. Faculty may carry over a maximum of 50 days (400 hours) of unused accrued annual leave into the next calendar year. Upon resignation, retirement, non-renewal or conversion to a non-annual leave accruing appointment, a faculty member is entitled to a maximum cash payout of no more than 10 days (80 hours). OR [For 9-month Faculty]
Leave Payout. Pension Personal leave may be used in the calculation of an employee’s pension benefit provided the employee was employed on the date of ratification of this agreement and had personal leave credited on September 30, 2013. A maximum of two hundred forty (240) hours of combined personal and sick leave may be used towards an employee’s pension benefit calculation; however, an employee may have no more than the hours of sick and personal leave that were accrued as of September 30, 2013, included in the pension calculation upon retirement. Personal and/or sick leave used for this purpose will be deducted from the employee’s leave balance(s) when the employee retires.
