VACATION PURCHASE PLAN. 1. An employee purchasing vacation is responsible for all County costs associated with vacation purchase. For the pay period in which purchased vacation is utilized as time off, the employee’s total compensation shall not include the contributions made by Alameda County towards premium based and accrued benefits including retirement, County medical and dental plans, sick leave and vacation time for all bi-weekly hours, or portions thereof, coded as purchased vacation. These prorated premium costs shall be deducted from the employee’s pay check for the biweekly pay period in which the purchased vacation is utilized and, further, the employee will not accrue vacation or sick leave for such hours. Also, purchased vacation time utilized as time off will not count towards County seniority, hours in step or towards the completion of the probationary period or retirement service credit. a. Medical premiums 1) The employee will pay a prorated amount of the County’s contribution toward medical premiums based on Vacation Buy hours used. 2) If the employee uses more than forty (40) Vacation Buy hours in a pay period, the employee will be responsible for the entire medical premium. b. Dental premiums – If the employee uses more than forty (40) Vacation Buy hours in a pay period, the employee will be responsible for the entire dental premium.
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