Voluntary Personal Leave Program (VPLP). A. Each department may decide whether it intends to offer the VPLP. Participating departments will notify employees of any program conditions that they may establish (e.g., eligibility criteria, maximum carryover credits, operational limitations) and procedures for program participation. Employee participation the program shall be on a voluntary basis.
B. Except for K below, only permanent full-time employees are eligible to participate in the VPLP. Interested employees may only request either one day (8 hours) or two days (16 hours) Personal Leave per month with an equal reduction in pay. Approval or denial of the request shall be at the general discretion of the department and may vary within a department. A department may only approve either one day (8 hours or two days (16 hours) personal leave. Salary ranges and rates shall not be affected because of VPLP participation.
C. Participating employees shall be credited with eight (8) or sixteen (16) hours of Personal Leave on the first day of the following monthly pay period the employee is in the VPLP.
D. Once approved, employees must remain in the Program for twelve (12) months unless a department establishes a lesser time period. Once approved for the VPLP, an employee agrees to remain in the program for that time period. In the case of financial hardship, an employee’s request to cancel participation may be approved by a department on a case-by-case basis. The State reserves the right to cancel the program on a departmental, subdivision, or individual basis at any time with thirty
Voluntary Personal Leave Program (VPLP). A. Each department may decide whether it intends to offer the VPLP. Participating departments will notify employees of any program conditions that they may establish (e.g., eligibility criteria, maximum carryover credits, operational limitations) and procedures for program participation. Employee participation the program shall be on a voluntary basis.
B. Except for K below, only permanent full-time employees are eligible to participate in the VPLP. Interested employees may only request either one day (8 hours) or two days (16 hours) Personal Leave per month with an equal reduction in pay. Approval or denial of the request shall be at the general discretion of the department and may vary within a department. A department may only approve either one day (8 hours or two days (16 hours) personal leave. Salary ranges and rates shall not be affected because of VPLP participation.
C. Participating employees shall be credited with eight (8) or sixteen (16) hours of Personal Leave on the first day of the following monthly pay period the employee is in the VPLP.
D. Once approved, employees must remain in the Program for twelve (12) months unless a department establishes a lesser time period. Once approved for the VPLP, an employee agrees to remain in the program for that time period. In the case of financial hardship, an employee’s request to cancel participation may be approved by a department on a case-by-case basis. The State reserves the right to cancel the program on a departmental, subdivision, or individual basis at any time with thirty (30) days notice to the employee.
E. Personal Leave 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 or annual leave. Employees may not be required to use Personal Leave credits.
F. 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 termination 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.
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