Voluntary Leave Program. a. Each full-time employee choosing to participate in the Voluntary Personal Leave Program (VPLP) shall continue to work his or her assigned work schedule and shall have a reduction in pay equal to 4.62% (one day), 9.23% (two days), or 13.85% (three days). In exchange that the corresponding credits of 8 hours, 16 hours, or 24 hours of leave will be credited to the employee’s VPLP balance. b. An employee may accumulate no more than two hundred forty (240) hours of voluntary personal leave. When an employee reaches two hundred (240) hours of personal leave, they shall be removed from the Voluntary PLP. c. When an employee is removed from the Voluntary PLP, they may not participate for a minimum of twelve (12) months and they are not eligible to re-enroll until their balance is reduced to a maximum of one hundred twenty (120) hours. d. VPLP shall be requested and used by the employee in the same manner as vacation or annual leave. Requests to use personal leave must be submitted in accordance with departmental policies on vacation and annual leave balances pursuant to Article 9 (Leaves) and Sections 9.1 (Vacation Leave) and 9.11 (Annual Leave). e. At the discretion of the State, all or a portion of unused personal leave credits may be cashed out at the employee’s salary rate at the time the personal leave payment is made. It is understood by both parties that the application of this cash out provision may differ from department to department and from employee to employee. Upon separation from State employment, the employee shall be paid for unused personal leave credits in the same manner as vacation or annual leave. Cash out or lump sum payment for any Personal Leave credits shall not be considered as “compensation” for purposes of retirement. If funds become available, as determined by the Department of Finance, for the Personal Leave program, departments will offer employees the opportunity to cash out accrued personal leave. Upon retirement/separation, the cash value of the employee’s personal leave balance may be transferred into a State of California, Department of Human Resources Defined Contribution plans as permitted. f. An employee may not use any kind of paid leave such as sick leave, vacation, or holiday time to avoid a reduction in pay resulting from the Voluntary Personal Leave Program. g. A State employee in the Voluntary Personal Leave Program shall be entitled to the same level of State employer contributions for health, vision, dental, flex-elect cash option, and enhanced survivor's benefits he or she would have received had the Personal Leave program not occurred.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
