Length of Service Requirements. For purposes of determining changes in an employee's accrual rate, Length of Service Requirement shall not include periods of suspension, or unpaid non-medical leaves of absence, that are more than one full payroll period in duration. However, accrual dates shall not be adjusted for employees on military leave or on FMLA-qualified leave. Length of service requirement shall only include an employee's service in a vacation eligible status. This method shall not be used to change any Length of Service Requirements determined prior to July 30, 1991. An employee with prior 911 dispatch employment in another unit of government who is hired into the State within one year from that prior employment shall be credited with the equivalent number of years of service in that employment. Such length-of-service credit shall be used solely for the purpose of determining the appropriate vacation accrual rate. In order to receive such length-of-service credit, an employee must submit documentation of the qualifying service, including evidence of vacation-eligible status in the previously-held position. Any adjustment shall be prospective and becomes effective in the pay period following submission of the proper documentation. At the discretion of the Appointing Authority, former public sector employees who are hired into State service from another public sector employer, including the United States Armed Forces and who were in a vacation eligible position with the employer may be granted length of service credit in an amount up to the length of time employed by the previous public sector employer. This discretionary length of service credit shall be subject to the following conditions: 1. There must be evidence to establish that the employee was employed by another public sector employer within four (4) years of the date the State hired the employee; current bargaining unit employees may request consideration for previous public sector employment as described in this paragraph; 2. The employee must have been in a vacation eligible position with the previous public sector employer; 3. The employee must provide the necessary documentation demonstrating their previous vacation eligibility status; and 4. The amount of the length of service credit granted is at the discretion of the Appointing Authority. Changes in the accrual rate based on public sector service credit shall become effective the beginning of the next payroll period following the Appointing Authority’s approval of the adjusted rate and shall not be retroactive. Changes in accrual rates shall be made effective at the beginning of the next payroll period following completion of the specified Length of Service Requirement.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Length of Service Requirements. For purposes of determining changes in an employee's accrual rate, Length of Service Requirement shall not include periods of suspension, or unpaid non-medical leaves of absence, that are more than one full payroll period in duration. However, accrual dates shall not be adjusted for employees on military leave or on FMLA-qualified leave. Length of service requirement shall only include an employee's service in a vacation eligible status. This method shall not be used to change any Length of Lengthof Service Requirements determined prior to July 30, 1991. An employee with prior 911 dispatch employment in another unit of government who is hired into the State within one year from that prior employment shall be credited with the equivalent number of years of service in that employment. Such length-of-service credit shall be used solely for the purpose of determining the appropriate vacation accrual rate. In order to receive such length-of-service credit, an employee must submit documentation of the qualifying service, including evidence of vacation-eligible status in the previously-held position. Any adjustment shall be prospective and becomes effective in the pay period following submission of the proper documentation. At the discretion of the Appointing Authority, former public sector employees who are hired into State service from another public sector employer, including the United States Armed Forces and who were in a vacation eligible position with the employer may be granted length of service credit in an amount up to the length of time employed by the previous public sector employer. This discretionary length of service credit shall be subject to the following conditions:
1. There must be evidence to establish that the employee was employed by another public anotherpublic sector employer within four (4) years of the date the State hired the employee; current bargaining unit employees may request consideration for previous public sector employment as described in this paragraph;
2. The employee must have been in a vacation eligible position with the previous public previouspublic sector employer;
3. The employee must provide the necessary documentation demonstrating their previous vacation eligibility status; and
4. The amount of the length of service credit granted is at the discretion of the Appointing Authority. Changes in the accrual rate based on public sector service credit shall become effective the beginning of the next payroll period following the Appointing Authority’s approval of the adjusted rate and shall not be retroactive. Changes in accrual rates shall be made effective at the beginning of the next payroll period following completion of the specified Length of Service Requirement.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Length of Service Requirements. For purposes of determining changes in an employee's accrual rate, Length of Service Requirement shall not include periods of suspension, or unpaid non-medical leaves of absence, that are more than one full payroll period in duration. However, accrual dates shall not be adjusted for employees on military leave or on FMLA-qualified leave. Length of service requirement shall only include an employee's service in a vacation eligible status. This method shall not be used to change any Length of Service Requirements determined prior to July 30, 1991. An employee with prior 911 dispatch employment in another unit of government who is hired into the State within one year from that prior employment shall be credited with the equivalent number of years of service in that employment. Such length-of-service credit shall be used solely for the purpose of determining the appropriate vacation accrual rate. In order to receive such length-of-service credit, an employee must submit documentation of the qualifying service, including evidence of vacation-eligible status in the previously-held position. Any adjustment shall be prospective and becomes effective in the pay period following submission of the proper documentation. At the discretion of the Appointing Authority, former public sector employees who are hired into State service from another public sector employer, including the United States Armed Forces and who were in a vacation eligible position with the employer may be granted length of service credit in an amount up to the length of time employed by the previous public sector employer. This discretionary length of service credit shall be subject to the following conditions:
1. There must be evidence to establish that the employee was employed by another public sector employer within four (4) years of the date the State hired the employee; current bargaining unit employees may request consideration for previous public sector employment as described in this paragraph;
2. The employee must have been in a vacation eligible position with the previous public sector employer;
3. The employee must provide the necessary documentation demonstrating their previous vacation eligibility status; and
4. The amount of the length of service credit granted is at the discretion of the Appointing Authority. Authority. Changes in the accrual rate based on public sector service credit shall become effective the beginning of the next payroll period following the Appointing Authority’s approval of the adjusted rate and shall not be retroactive. Changes in accrual rates shall be made effective at the beginning of the next payroll period following completion of the specified Length of Service Requirement.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement