Section C. General. For all other purposes stated in this Agreement, seniority shall consist of the total length of service in any and all Bargaining Unit classes, provided there is no break in continuous state service. No hours paid in excess of 80 in a biweekly pay period shall be credited. No hours shall be credited for time in non-career appointments, lost time or unpaid suspensions (if not made up through overtime in the same pay period), suspension, leave of absence without pay (other than military leave of absence for up to 10,400 hours in accordance with Federal statute), or layoff. Upon request of the Union an employee granted a military leave of absence shall also be credited with bargaining unit seniority for non-paid time spent receiving medical care resulting from service in the military, even if not recalled to military duty.
Section C. General. 11 For all other purposes stated in this Agreement, seniority shall consist of the total 12 length of service in any and all Bargaining Unit classes, provided there is no 13 break in continuous state service. No hours paid in excess of 80 in a biweekly 14 pay period shall be credited. No hours shall be credited for time in non-career 15 appointments, lost time or unpaid suspensions (if not made up through overtime 16 in the same pay period), suspension, leave of absence without pay (other than 17 military leave of absence for up to 10,400 hours in accordance with Federal 18 statute), or layoff. Upon request of the Union an employee granted a military 19 leave of absence shall also be credited with bargaining unit seniority for non-paid 20 time spent receiving medical care resulting from service in the military, even if not 21 recalled to military duty.
Section C. General. For all other purposes stated in this Agreement, seniority shall consist of the total length of service in any and all Bargaining Unit classes, provided there is no break in continuous state service. No hours paid in excess of 80 in a biweekly pay period shall be credited. No hours shall be credited for time in non-career appointments, lost time or unpaid suspensions (if not made up through overtime in the same pay period), suspension, leave of absence without pay (other than military leave of absence for up to 10,400 hours in accordance with Federal statute), or layoff. Upon request of the Union an employee granted a military leave of absence shall also be credited with bargaining unit seniority for non-paid time spent receiving medical care resulting from service in the military, even if not recalled to military duty. Employees off work due to injury or illness compensable under Workers’ Compensation shall continue to accumulate seniority for the full period of illness or injury or disability precisely as though they had been working an 80-hour pay period. All experience earned at the Ionia State Hospital or Riverside Mental Health Facility will be counted as continuous service in the class series that the employee was in, on the effective date of the initial contract, which was February 1, 1981. Employees who had time in Security Unit classes prior to February 1, 1981 will not have that time deducted from their current seniority.
Section C. General. For all other purposes stated in this Agreement, seniority shall consist of the total length of service in any and all Bargaining Unit classes, provided there is no break in continuous state service. No hours paid in excess of eighty (80) in a biweekly pay period shall be credited. No hours shall be credited for time in non-career appointments, lost time (if not made up through overtime in the same pay period), suspension, leave of absence without pay (other than military leave of absence for up to 10,400 hours in accordance with Federal statute), or layoff. The Bargaining Unit seniority of a Bargaining Unit employee who is appointed on a temporary basis by his/her appointing authority, from a Civil Service register, to a position outside the Bargaining Unit will be credited with the service time earned in such temporary appointment, if the employee returns to a Bargaining Unit position (without a break in service) prior to the expiration of six (6) months following the temporary appointment, or the probationary period in such non-Unit position, whichever is greater. Such service time earned in the non-Unit position shall be credited at the classification to which the employee returns. This provision shall only apply to temporary appointments which commence on or after October 1, 1989. Employees off work due to injury or illness compensable under Workers’ Compensation shall continue to accumulate seniority for the full period of illness or injury or disability precisely as though they had been working an 80-hour pay period. All experience earned at the Ionia State Hospital or Riverside Mental Health Facility will be counted as continuous service in the class series that the employee was in, on the effective date of the initial contract, which was February 1, 1981. Employees who had time in Security Unit classes prior to February 1, 1981 will not have that time deducted from their current seniority. In the event two (2) or more employees have the same seniority, seniority of the one as against the other shall be determined by giving the greater seniority credit to the employee with the highest New Employee School graduation score. To break ties which exist thereafter, and when one or more of the employees in the seniority tie does not have a New Employee graduation score, the last four (4) digits of the Social Security number shall be used to break such ties, with preference going to the employee with the lowest number. An employee's continuous service reco...
