Common use of Voluntary Personal Leave Program Clause in Contracts

Voluntary Personal Leave Program. (VPLP)‌ A. Employees participation in the program shall be on a voluntary basis. Each full- time employee participating in the program shall be credited with eight (8) hours of VPLP on the first day of the following monthly pay period for each month in the VPLP. B. Each full-time employee participating in the VPLP shall continue to work his/her assigned work schedule and shall have a reduction in pay equal to 4.75%. In exchange, 8 hours of leave will be credited to the employee's VPLP monthly. C. 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 and annual leave. D. An employee may accumulate no more than 240 hours of VPLP. When an employee reaches 240 hours of VPLP or would exceed 240 hours of Personal Leave with further accumulation, he/she shall be removed from the VPLP. When an employee is removed from the VPLP, he/she may not participate for a minimum of 12 months and he/she is not eligible to re-enroll until his/her balance is reduced to a maximum of 120 hours. 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 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. F. Participating employees shall be entitled to the same level of State employer contributions for health, vision, dental, flex-elect cash option, and enhanced survivors benefits he or she would have received had they not participated in the VPLP. G. The VPLP shall not cause a break in State service, a reduction in the employee's accumulation of service credit for the purpose of seniority and retirement, leave accumulation, or a Merit Salary Adjustment. H. The VPLP shall neither affect the employee's final compensation used in calculation State retirement benefits nor reduce the level of State death or disability benefits the employee would otherwise receive or be entitled to receive nor shall it affect the employee's ability to supplement those benefits with paid leave. I. Part-time employees shall be subject to the same conditions as stated above, on a pro-rated basis. J. The Personal Leave Program for intermittent employees shall be pro-rated based upon the number of hours worked in the monthly pay period. K. The VPLP shall be administered consistent with the existing payroll system and the policies and practices of the State Controller's Office. L. Employees on EIDL, NDI, IDL or Worker's Compensation for the entire monthly pay period shall be excluded from the VPLP. M. Continued participation in the program when an employee transfers to another department shall be at the discretion of the new department. If any disputes arise about this VPLP, an employee may file a grievance and the decision reached at the third step shall be final and not subject to the grievance arbitration clause of the Agreement.

Voluntary Personal Leave Program. (VPLP)‌VPLP) A. Employees participation in the program shall be on a voluntary basis. Each full- full-time employee participating in the program shall be credited with eight (8) hours of VPLP on the first day of the following monthly pay period for each month in the VPLP. B. Each full-time employee participating in the VPLP shall continue to work his/her assigned work schedule and shall have a reduction in pay equal to 4.75%. In exchange, 8 hours of leave will be credited to the employee's VPLP monthly. C. 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 and annual leave. D. An employee may accumulate no more than 240 hours of VPLP. When an employee reaches 240 hours of VPLP or would exceed 240 hours of Personal Leave with further accumulation, he/she shall be removed from the VPLP. When an employee is removed from the VPLP, he/she may not participate for a minimum of 12 months and he/she is not eligible to re-enroll until his/her balance is reduced to a maximum of 120 hours. 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 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. F. Participating employees shall be entitled to the same level of State employer contributions for health, vision, dental, flex-elect cash option, and enhanced survivors benefits he or she would have received had they not participated in the VPLP. G. The VPLP shall not cause a break in State service, a reduction in the employee's accumulation of service credit for the purpose of seniority and retirement, leave accumulation, or a Merit Salary Adjustment. H. The VPLP shall neither affect the employee's final compensation used in calculation State retirement benefits nor reduce the level of State death or disability benefits the employee would otherwise receive or be entitled to receive nor shall it affect the employee's ability to supplement those benefits with paid leave. I. Part-time employees shall be subject to the same conditions as stated above, on a pro-pro- rated basis. J. The Personal Leave Program for intermittent employees shall be pro-rated based upon the number of hours worked in the monthly pay period. K. The VPLP shall be administered consistent with the existing payroll system and the policies and practices of the State Controller's Office. L. Employees on EIDL, NDI, IDL or Worker's Compensation for the entire monthly pay period shall be excluded from the VPLP. M. Continued participation in the program when an employee transfers to another department shall be at the discretion of the new department. If any disputes arise about this VPLP, an employee may file a grievance and the decision reached at the third step shall be final and not subject to the grievance arbitration clause of the Agreement.

Voluntary Personal Leave Program. (VPLP)‌VPLP) A. Employees participation in the program shall be on a voluntary basis. Each full- time employee participating in the program shall be credited with eight (8) hours of VPLP on the first day of the following monthly pay period for each month in the VPLP. B. Each full-time employee participating in the VPLP shall continue to work his/her assigned work schedule and shall have a reduction in pay equal to 4.754.62%. In exchange, 8 hours of leave will be credited to the employee's VPLP monthly. C. 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 and annual leave. D. An employee may accumulate no more than 240 hours of VPLP. When an employee reaches 240 hours of VPLP or would exceed 240 hours of Personal Leave with further accumulation, he/she shall be removed from the VPLP. When an employee is removed from the VPLP, he/she may not participate for a minimum of 12 months and he/she is not eligible to re-enroll until his/her balance is reduced to a maximum of 120 hours. 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 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. F. Participating employees shall be entitled to the same level of State employer contributions for health, vision, dental, flex-elect cash option, and enhanced survivors benefits he or she would have received had they not participated in the VPLP. G. The VPLP shall not cause a break in State service, a reduction in the employee's accumulation of service credit for the purpose of seniority and retirement, leave accumulation, or a Merit Salary Adjustment. H. The VPLP shall neither affect the employee's final compensation used in calculation State retirement benefits nor reduce the level of State death or disability benefits the employee would otherwise receive or be entitled to receive nor shall it affect the employee's ability to supplement those benefits with paid leave. I. Part-time employees shall be subject to the same conditions as stated above, on a pro-rated basis. J. The Personal Leave Program for intermittent employees shall be pro-rated based upon the number of hours worked in the monthly pay period. K. The VPLP shall be administered consistent with the existing payroll system and the policies and practices of the State Controller's Office. L. Employees on EIDL, NDI, IDL or Worker's Compensation for the entire monthly pay period shall be excluded from the VPLP. M. Continued participation in the program when an employee transfers to another department shall be at the discretion of the new department. If any disputes arise about this VPLP, an employee may file a grievance and the decision reached at the third step shall be final and not subject to the grievance arbitration clause of the Agreement.

Voluntary Personal Leave Program. (VPLP)‌VPLP) A. Employees participation in the program Each full-time employee subject to paragraph B shall be on a voluntary basis. Each full- time employee participating in the program shall able to enroll and be credited with either eight (8) 8), sixteen (16), or twenty-four (24), hours of VPLP Voluntary Personal Leave on the first day of the following monthly pay period for each month in the VPLP. B. Each full-time employee participating in the VPLP shall continue to work his/her assigned work schedule and shall have a reduction in pay equal to 4.75%4.62% (one (1) day), 9.23% (two (2) days) or 13.85% (three (3) days) based upon enrollment level selected. In exchangeexchange for the corresponding credit eight (8) hours (4.62%) (one (1) day), 8 sixteen (16) hours (9.23%) (two (2) days) or twenty-four (24) hours (13.85%) (three (3) days) of leave will be credited to the employee's ’s VPLP monthly. Beginning April 1, 2011, there will be a sixty (60) day window for employees currently participating in the VPLP to modify their participation or to opt out of the program. Modifications (including resuming or ending) to an employee’s VPLP election can be done on a quarterly basis. C. Voluntary Personal leave Leave shall be requested and used by the employee in the same manner as vacation or annual leave. Requests to use personal leave Voluntary Personal Leave must be submitted in accordance with departmental policies on vacation and annual leave. Voluntary Personal Leave shall not be included in the calculation of vacation/annual leave balances pursuant to Article 3 (Leaves). D. An employee may accumulate no more than 240 hours of VPLP. When an employee reaches 240 hours of VPLP Voluntary Personal Leave or would exceed 240 hours of Voluntary Personal Leave with further accumulation, he/she shall be removed from the VPLP. When an employee is removed from the VPLP, he/she may not participate for a minimum of 12 months and he/she is not eligible to re-re- enroll until his/her balance is reduced to a maximum of 120 hours. E. At the discretion of the State, all or a portion of unused Personal Leave personal leave credits may be cashed out at the employee's ’s salary rate at the time the Personal Leave 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 personal leave credits in the same manner as vacation or annual leave. Cash out or lump sum payment for any Personal Leave personal leave credits shall not be considered as "compensation" compensation for purposes of retirement. If funds become available, as determined by the Department of Finance, for the PLP, 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 Deferred Compensation Program as permitted by federal and state law.‌ 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 VPLP. F. Participating employees G. A State employee in the VPLP shall be entitled to the same level of State employer contributions for health, vision, dental, flex-elect cash option, and enhanced survivors survivor’s benefits he or she would have received had they the employee not participated in the VPLP. G. The H. Participation in the VPLP shall not cause a break in State service, a reduction in the employee's ’s accumulation of service credit for the purpose purposes of seniority and retirement, leave accumulation, or a Merit Salary Adjustmentmerit salary adjustment. H. The I. Participation in the VPLP shall neither affect the employee's ’s final compensation used in calculation calculating State retirement benefits nor reduce the level of State death or disability benefits the employee would otherwise receive or be entitled to receive nor shall it affect the employee's ’s ability to supplement those benefits with paid leave. I. J. Part-time employees shall be subject to the same conditions as stated above, on a pro-rated prorated basis. J. K. The Personal Leave Program VPLP for intermittent employees shall be pro-rated prorated based upon the number of hours worked in the monthly pay period. K. L. The VPLP shall be administered consistent with the existing payroll system and the policies and practices of the State Controller's ’s Office. L. M. Employees on EIDL, NDI, IDL IDL, or Worker's ’s Compensation for the entire monthly pay period shall be excluded from the VPLPVPLP for that month. M. Continued participation in the program when an employee transfers to another department shall be at the discretion of the new department. If any disputes arise about this VPLP, an employee may file a grievance and the decision reached at the third step shall be final and not subject to the grievance arbitration clause of the Agreement.

Voluntary Personal Leave Program. (VPLP)‌ A. The State shall continue a voluntary personal leave program for Unit 5 employees. Employees participation may voluntarily participate in the personal leave program on a fiscal-year to fiscal-year basis with approval from the Department. The Department shall notify CAHP prior to the beginning of each fiscal year to indicate whether voluntary personal leave will be approved for the upcoming fiscal year. Enough advance approval of notice shall be on a provided to allow time for employees to positively enroll in the voluntary basis. personal leave program in those fiscal years the program is authorized for enrollment. a. Each full- full-time employee participating in the program subject to paragraph b. shall be credited with eight (8) hours of VPLP Personal Leave on the first day of the following monthly pay period for each month in the VPLPPersonal Leave program. B. Each full-time employee participating in the VPLP shall continue to work his/her assigned work schedule and shall have a reduction in pay equal to 4.75%. In exchange, 8 hours of leave will be credited to the employee's VPLP monthly. C. 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 and annual leave. D. An employee may accumulate no more than 240 hours of VPLP. b. When an employee reaches 240 hours of VPLP or would exceed 240 hours of Personal Leave with further accumulation, he/she shall be removed from the VPLPVoluntary Personal leave Program. When an employee is removed from the VPLPVoluntary Personal leave Program, he/she may not participate for a minimum of 12 months and he/she is not eligible to re-enroll until his/her balance is reduced to a maximum of 120 hours. E. c. Each full-time employee participating in the voluntary PLP shall continue to work his/her assigned work schedule and shall have a reduction in pay equal to 5%. In exchange, 8 hours of leave will be credited to the employee’s PLP monthly. d. 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 and annual leave. Personal leave shall not be included in the calculation of vacation/annual leave balances pursuant to Sections 44 (Vacation Leave) and 46 (Annual Leave). e. At the discretion of the State, all or a portion of unused Personal Leave personal leave credits may be cashed out at the employee's ’s salary rate at the time the Personal Leave 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 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 employees personal leave balance may be transferred into a State of California, Department of Personnel Administration Deferred Compensation Program as permitted by federal and state law. F. Participating employees 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 Personal Leave program. g. State employee in the Personal Leave program shall be entitled to the same level of State employer contributions for health, vision, dental, flex-elect cash option, and enhanced survivors survivor’s benefits he or she would have received had they has the Personal Leave program not participated in the VPLPoccurred. G. h. The VPLP Personal Leave program shall not cause a break in State service, a reduction in the employee's ’s accumulation of service credit for the purpose purposes of seniority and retirement, leave accumulation, or a Merit Salary Adjustmentmerit salary adjustment. H. i. The VPLP Personal Leave program shall neither affect the employee's ’s final compensation used in calculation calculating State retirement benefits nor reduce the level of State death or disability benefits the employee would otherwise receive or be entitled to receive nor shall it affect the employee's ’s ability to supplement those benefits with paid leave. I. j. Part-time employees shall be subject to the same conditions as stated stated, above, on a pro-rated basisprorated basis regardless of the number of hours in the pay period. J. k. The Personal Leave Program program for intermittent employees shall be pro-rated prorated based upon the number of hours worked in the monthly pay period. K. l. The VPLP Personal Leave program shall be administered consistent with the existing payroll system and the policies and practices of the State Controller's ’s Office. L. m. Employees on EIDL, NDI, IDL IDL, or Worker's ’s Compensation for the entire monthly pay period shall be excluded from the VPLPPersonal Leave program for that month. M. Continued participation in n. Existing personal leave banks from the program when an employee transfers to another department 1992 and 2003 Personal Leave Program shall be at the discretion of the new department. If any disputes arise about this VPLP, an employee may file a grievance and the decision reached at the third step shall be final and not subject to the grievance arbitration clause of the Agreementmaintained.

Voluntary Personal Leave Program. (VPLP)‌The State shall continue a voluntary Personal Leave Program for bargaining unit employees. Employees may voluntarily participate in the personal leave program on a continuing basis. A. Employees participation in the program shall be on a voluntary basis. Each full- full-time employee participating in the program subject to paragraph B. shall be credited with eight (8) hours of VPLP Voluntary Personal Leave on the first day of the following monthly pay period for each month in the VPLPVoluntary Personal Leave Program. B. Each full-time employee participating in the VPLP Voluntary PLP shall continue to work his/her assigned work schedule and shall have a reduction in pay equal to 4.755%. In exchange, 8 hours of leave will be credited to the employee's VPLP Voluntary Personal Leave Program monthly. C. 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 and annual leave. Personal leave shall not be included in the calculation of vacation/annual leave balances pursuant to Article 8 (Leaves). D. An employee may accumulate no more than 240 hours of VPLPVoluntary Personal Leave. When an employee reaches 240 hours of VPLP Personal Leave or would exceed 240 hours of Personal Leave with further accumulation, he/she shall be removed from the VPLP. Voluntary Personal Leave Program. E. When an employee is removed from the VPLPVoluntary Personal Leave Program, he/she may not participate for a minimum of 12 months and he/she is not eligible to re-enroll until his/her balance is reduced to a maximum of 120 hours. E. F. At the discretion of the State, all or a portion of unused Personal Leave personal leave credits may be cashed out at the employee's salary rate at the time the Personal Leave 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 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. F. Participating . If funds become available, as determined by the Department of Finance, for the Personal Leave Program, departments will offer employees shall the opportunity to cash out accrued personal leave. Upon retirement/separation, the cash value of the employee’s personal leave balance may be entitled transferred into a State of California, Department of Personnel Administration Deferred Compensation Program as permitted by Federal and State law. G An employee may not use any kind of paid leave such as sick leave, vacation, or holiday time to the same level of State employer contributions for health, vision, dental, flex-elect cash option, and enhanced survivors benefits he or she would have received had they not participated in the VPLP. G. The VPLP shall not cause a break in State service, avoid a reduction in pay resulting from the employee's accumulation of service credit for the purpose of seniority and retirement, leave accumulation, or a Merit Salary Adjustment. H. The VPLP shall neither affect the employee's final compensation used in calculation State retirement benefits nor reduce the level of State death or disability benefits the employee would otherwise receive or be entitled to receive nor shall it affect the employee's ability to supplement those benefits with paid leave. I. Part-time employees shall be subject to the same conditions as stated above, on a pro-rated basis. J. The Personal Leave Program for intermittent employees shall be pro-rated based upon the number of hours worked in the monthly pay periodProgram. K. The VPLP shall be administered consistent with the existing payroll system and the policies and practices of the State Controller's Office. L. Employees on EIDL, NDI, IDL or Worker's Compensation for the entire monthly pay period shall be excluded from the VPLP. M. Continued participation in the program when an employee transfers to another department shall be at the discretion of the new department. If any disputes arise about this VPLP, an employee may file a grievance and the decision reached at the third step shall be final and not subject to the grievance arbitration clause of the Agreement.

Voluntary Personal Leave Program. (VPLP)‌ A. Employees participation a. Each full time employee choosing to participate in the program shall be on a voluntary basis. Each full- time employee participating in the program shall be credited with eight Voluntary Personal Leave Program (8) hours of VPLP on the first day of the following monthly pay period for each month in the VPLP. B. Each full-time employee participating in the VPLP ) shall continue to work his/his or her assigned work schedule and shall have a reduction in pay equal to 4.75%4.62% (one day) or 9.24% (two days). In exchange, exchange the corresponding credits of 8 hours or 16 hours of leave will be credited to the employee's ’s VPLP monthlybalance. C. Personal leave 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 leaveleave balances pursuant to Article 5 (Leaves) and Sections 5.4 (Vacation Leave) and 5.12 (Annual Leave). D. An employee may accumulate no more than 240 hours of VPLP. When an employee reaches 240 hours of VPLP or would exceed 240 hours of Personal Leave with further accumulation, he/she shall be removed from the VPLP. When an employee is removed from the VPLP, he/she may not participate for a minimum of 12 months and he/she is not eligible to re-enroll until his/her balance is reduced to a maximum of 120 hours. E. e. At the discretion of the State, all or a portion of unused Personal Leave personal leave credits may be cashed out at the employee's ’s salary rate at the time the Personal Leave 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 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 employees personal leave balance may be transferred into a State of California, Department of Human Resources Defined Contribution plans as permitted. F. Participating employees 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-flex- elect cash option, and enhanced survivors survivor's benefits he or she would have received had they not participated in the VPLP. G. The VPLP shall not cause a break in State service, a reduction in the employee's accumulation of service credit for the purpose of seniority and retirement, leave accumulation, or a Merit Salary Adjustment. H. The VPLP shall neither affect the employee's final compensation used in calculation State retirement benefits nor reduce the level of State death or disability benefits the employee would otherwise receive or be entitled to receive nor shall it affect the employee's ability to supplement those benefits with paid leave. I. Part-time employees shall be subject to the same conditions as stated above, on a pro-rated basis. J. The Personal Leave Program for intermittent employees shall be pro-rated based upon the number of hours worked in the monthly pay periodprogram not occurred. K. The VPLP shall be administered consistent with the existing payroll system and the policies and practices of the State Controller's Office. L. Employees on EIDL, NDI, IDL or Worker's Compensation for the entire monthly pay period shall be excluded from the VPLP. M. Continued participation in the program when an employee transfers to another department shall be at the discretion of the new department. If any disputes arise about this VPLP, an employee may file a grievance and the decision reached at the third step shall be final and not subject to the grievance arbitration clause of the Agreement.

Voluntary Personal Leave Program. (VPLP)‌ A. Employees participation a. Each full time employee choosing to participate in the program shall be on a voluntary basis. Each full- time employee participating in the program shall be credited with eight Voluntary Personal Leave Program (8) hours of VPLP on the first day of the following monthly pay period for each month in the VPLP. B. Each full-time employee participating in the VPLP ) shall continue to work his/his or her assigned work schedule and shall have a reduction in pay equal to 4.75%4.62% (one day) or 9.24% (two days), or 13.85% (three days). In exchangeexchange the corresponding credits of 8 hours, 8 16 hours, or 24 hours of leave will be credited to the employee's ’s VPLP monthlybalance. C. Personal leave 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 leaveleave balances pursuant to Article 5 (Leaves) and Sections 5.4 (Vacation Leave) and 5.12 (Annual Leave). D. An employee may accumulate no more than 240 hours of VPLP. When an employee reaches 240 hours of VPLP or would exceed 240 hours of Personal Leave with further accumulation, he/she shall be removed from the VPLP. When an employee is removed from the VPLP, he/she may not participate for a minimum of 12 months and he/she is not eligible to re-enroll until his/her balance is reduced to a maximum of 120 hours. E. e. At the discretion of the State, all or a portion of unused Personal Leave personal leave credits may be cashed out at the employee's ’s salary rate at the time the Personal Leave 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 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 employees personal leave balance may be transferred into a State of California, Department of Human Resources Defined Contribution plans as permitted. F. Participating employees 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-flex- elect cash option, and enhanced survivors survivor's benefits he or she would have received had they not participated in the VPLP. G. The VPLP shall not cause a break in State service, a reduction in the employee's accumulation of service credit for the purpose of seniority and retirement, leave accumulation, or a Merit Salary Adjustment. H. The VPLP shall neither affect the employee's final compensation used in calculation State retirement benefits nor reduce the level of State death or disability benefits the employee would otherwise receive or be entitled to receive nor shall it affect the employee's ability to supplement those benefits with paid leave. I. Part-time employees shall be subject to the same conditions as stated above, on a pro-rated basis. J. The Personal Leave Program for intermittent employees shall be pro-rated based upon the number of hours worked in the monthly pay periodprogram not occurred. K. The VPLP shall be administered consistent with the existing payroll system and the policies and practices of the State Controller's Office. L. Employees on EIDL, NDI, IDL or Worker's Compensation for the entire monthly pay period shall be excluded from the VPLP. M. Continued participation in the program when an employee transfers to another department shall be at the discretion of the new department. If any disputes arise about this VPLP, an employee may file a grievance and the decision reached at the third step shall be final and not subject to the grievance arbitration clause of the Agreement.

Voluntary Personal Leave Program. (VPLP)‌VPLP) A. Employees participation in the program Each full-time employee subject to paragraph B shall be on a voluntary basis. Each full- time employee participating in the program shall able to enroll and be credited with either eight (8) 8), sixteen (16), or twenty-four (24), hours of VPLP Voluntary Personal Leave on the first day of the following monthly pay period for each month in the VPLP. B. Each full-time employee participating in the VPLP shall continue to work his/her assigned work schedule and shall have a reduction in pay equal to 4.75%4.62% (one (1) day), 9.23% (two (2) days) or 13.85% (three (3) days) based upon enrollment level selected. In exchangeexchange for the corresponding credit eight (8) hours (4.62%) (one (1) day), 8 sixteen (16) hours (9.23%) (two (2) days) or twenty-four (24) hours (13.85%) (three (3) days) of leave will be credited to the employee's ’s VPLP monthly. Beginning April 1, 2011, there will be a sixty (60) day window for employees currently participating in the VPLP to modify their participation or to opt out of the program. Modifications (including resuming or ending) to an employee’s VPLP election can be done on a quarterly basis. C. Voluntary Personal leave Leave shall be requested and used by the employee in the same manner as vacation or annual leave. Requests to use personal leave Voluntary Personal Leave must be submitted in accordance with departmental policies on vacation and annual leave. Voluntary Personal Leave shall not be included in the calculation of vacation/annual leave balances pursuant to Article 3 (Leaves). D. An employee may accumulate no more than 240 hours of VPLP. When an employee reaches 240 hours of VPLP Voluntary Personal Leave or would exceed 240 hours of Voluntary Personal Leave with further accumulation, he/she shall be removed from the VPLP. When an employee is removed from the VPLP, he/she may not participate for a minimum of 12 months and he/she is not eligible to re-re- enroll until his/her balance is reduced to a maximum of 120 hours. E. At the discretion of the State, all or a portion of unused Personal Leave personal leave credits may be cashed out at the employee's ’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" 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 Deferred Compensation Program as permitted by federal and state law. F. Participating employees 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 VPLP. G. A State employee in the VPLP shall be entitled to the same level of State employer contributions for health, vision, dental, flex-elect cash option, and enhanced survivors survivor’s benefits he or she would have received had they the employee not participated in the VPLP. G. The H. Participation in the VPLP shall not cause a break in State service, a reduction in the employee's ’s accumulation of service credit for the purpose purposes of seniority and retirement, leave accumulation, or a Merit Salary Adjustmentmerit salary adjustment. H. The I. Participation in the VPLP shall neither affect the employee's ’s final compensation used in calculation calculating State retirement benefits nor reduce the level of State death or disability benefits the employee would otherwise receive or be entitled to receive nor shall it affect the employee's ’s ability to supplement those benefits with paid leave. I. J. Part-time employees shall be subject to the same conditions as stated above, on a pro-rated prorated basis. J. K. The Personal Leave Program VPLP for intermittent employees shall be pro-rated prorated based upon the number of hours worked in the monthly pay period. K. L. The VPLP shall be administered consistent with the existing payroll system and the policies and practices of the State Controller's Office.existing L. M. Employees on EIDL, NDI, IDL IDL, or Worker's ’s Compensation for the entire monthly pay period shall be excluded from the VPLPVPLP for that month. M. Continued participation in the program when an employee transfers to another department shall be at the discretion of the new department. If any disputes arise about this VPLP, an employee may file a grievance and the decision reached at the third step shall be final and not subject to the grievance arbitration clause of the Agreement.

Voluntary Personal Leave Program. (VPLP)‌VPLP) A. Employees participation in the program Each full-time employee subject to paragraph B shall be on a voluntary basis. Each full- time employee participating in the program shall able to enroll and be credited with either eight (8) 8), sixteen (16), or twenty-four (24) hours of VPLP Voluntary Personal Leave on the first day of the following monthly pay period for each month in the VPLP. B. Each full-time employee participating in the VPLP shall continue to work his/her assigned work schedule and shall have a reduction in pay equal to 4.75%4.62% (one (1) day), 9.23% (two (2) days), or 13.85% (three (3) days) based upon enrollment level selected. In exchangeexchange for the corresponding credit eight (8) hours (4.62%) (one (1) day), 8 sixteen (16) hours (9.23%) (two(2) days) or twenty-four (24) hours (13.85%) (three (3) days) of leave will be credited to the employee's ’s VPLP monthly. Beginning April 1, 2011, there will be a sixty (60) day window for employees currently participating in the VPLP to modify their participation or to opt out of the program. Modifications (including resuming or ending) to an employee’s VPLP election can be done on a quarterly basis. C. Voluntary Personal leave shall be requested and used by the employee in the same manner as vacation or annual leave. Requests to use voluntary personal leave must be submitted in accordance with departmental policies on vacation and annual leave. Voluntary Personal leave shall not be included in the calculation of vacation/annual leave balances pursuant to Article 3 (Leaves). D. An employee may accumulate no more than 240 hours of VPLP. When an employee reaches 240 hours of VPLP Voluntary Personal Leave or would exceed 240 hours of Voluntary Personal Leave with further accumulation, he/she shall be removed from the VPLP. When an employee is removed from the VPLP, he/she may not participate for a minimum of 12 months and he/she is not eligible to re-enroll until his/her balance is reduced to a maximum of 120 hours. E. At the discretion of the State, all or a portion of unused Personal Leave 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" 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 employees personal leave balance may be transferred into a California Department of Human Resources Deferred Compensation Program as permitted by federal and state law. F. Participating employees 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 VPLP. G. A State employee in the VPLP shall be entitled to the same level of State employer contributions for health, vision, dental, flex-elect cash option, and enhanced survivors survivor’s benefits he or she would have received had they the employee not participated in the VPLP. G. The H. Participation in the VPLP shall not cause a break in State service, a reduction in the employee's accumulation of service credit for the purpose purposes of seniority and retirement, leave accumulation, or a Merit Salary Adjustmentmerit salary adjustment. H. The I. Participation in the VPLP shall neither affect the employee's final compensation used in calculation calculating State retirement benefits nor reduce the level of State death or disability benefits the employee would otherwise receive or be entitled to receive nor shall it affect the employee's ability to supplement those benefits with paid leave. I. J. Part-time employees shall be subject to the same conditions as stated above, on a pro-rated prorated basis. J. K. The Personal Leave Program VPLP for intermittent employees shall be pro-rated prorated based upon the number of hours worked in the monthly pay period. K. L. The VPLP shall be administered consistent with the existing payroll system and the policies and practices of the State Controller's ’s Office. L. M. Employees on EIDL, NDI, IDL IDL, or Worker's ’s Compensation for the entire monthly pay period shall be excluded from the VPLPVPLP for that month. M. Continued participation in the program when an employee transfers to another department shall be at the discretion of the new department. If any disputes arise about this VPLP, an employee may file a grievance and the decision reached at the third step shall be final and not subject to the grievance arbitration clause of the Agreement.

Voluntary Personal Leave Program. (VPLP)‌ A. Employees participation a. Each full time employee choosing to participate in the program shall be on a voluntary basis. Each full- time employee participating in the program shall be credited with eight Voluntary Personal Leave Program (8) hours of VPLP on the first day of the following monthly pay period for each month in the VPLP. B. Each full-time employee participating in the VPLP ) shall continue to work his/his or her assigned work schedule and shall have a reduction in pay equal to 4.75%4.62% (one day) 9.23% (two days), or 13.85% (three days). In exchangeexchange that the corresponding credits of 8 hours, 8 16 hours, or 24 hours of leave will be credited to the employee's ’s VPLP monthlybalance. C. Personal leave 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 leaveleave balances pursuant to Article 5 (Leaves) and Sections 5.4 (Vacation Leave) and 5.12 (Annual Leave). D. An employee may accumulate no more than 240 hours of VPLP. When an employee reaches 240 hours of VPLP or would exceed 240 hours of Personal Leave with further accumulation, he/she shall be removed from the VPLP. When an employee is removed from the VPLP, he/she may not participate for a minimum of 12 months and he/she is not eligible to re-enroll until his/her balance is reduced to a maximum of 120 hours. E. e. At the discretion of the State, all or a portion of unused Personal Leave personal leave credits may be cashed out at the employee's ’s salary rate at the time the Personal Leave 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 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 employees personal leave balance may be transferred into a State of California, Department of Human Resources Defined Contribution plans as permitted. F. Participating employees 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-flex- elect cash option, and enhanced survivors survivor's benefits he or she would have received had they not participated in the VPLP. G. The VPLP shall not cause a break in State service, a reduction in the employee's accumulation of service credit for the purpose of seniority and retirement, leave accumulation, or a Merit Salary Adjustment. H. The VPLP shall neither affect the employee's final compensation used in calculation State retirement benefits nor reduce the level of State death or disability benefits the employee would otherwise receive or be entitled to receive nor shall it affect the employee's ability to supplement those benefits with paid leave. I. Part-time employees shall be subject to the same conditions as stated above, on a pro-rated basis. J. The Personal Leave Program for intermittent employees shall be pro-rated based upon the number of hours worked in the monthly pay periodprogram not occurred. K. The VPLP shall be administered consistent with the existing payroll system and the policies and practices of the State Controller's Office. L. Employees on EIDL, NDI, IDL or Worker's Compensation for the entire monthly pay period shall be excluded from the VPLP. M. Continued participation in the program when an employee transfers to another department shall be at the discretion of the new department. If any disputes arise about this VPLP, an employee may file a grievance and the decision reached at the third step shall be final and not subject to the grievance arbitration clause of the Agreement.

Voluntary Personal Leave Program. (VPLP)‌ A. The State shall continue a voluntary personal leave program for Unit 5 employees. Employees participation may voluntarily participate in the personal leave program shall be on a voluntary basiscontinuing basis until the program ends on June 30, 2007. However, the Department and the CAHP agree to evaluate the program when the VPLP ends with the understanding no employee will exceed an established cap of 240 hours. a. Each full- full-time employee participating in the program subject to paragraph b. shall be credited with eight (8) hours of VPLP Personal Leave on the first day of the following monthly pay period for each month in the VPLPPersonal Leave program. B. Each full-time employee participating in the VPLP shall continue to work his/her assigned work schedule and shall have a reduction in pay equal to 4.75%. In exchange, 8 hours of leave will be credited to the employee's VPLP monthly. C. 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 and annual leave. D. An employee may accumulate no more than 240 hours of VPLP. b. When an employee reaches 240 hours of VPLP or would exceed 240 hours of Personal Leave with further accumulation, he/she shall be removed from the VPLPVoluntary Personal leave Program. When an employee is removed from the VPLPVoluntary Personal leave Program, he/she may not participate for a minimum of 12 months and he/she is not eligible to re-enroll until his/her balance is reduced to a maximum of 120 hours. E. c. Each full-time employee participating in the voluntary PLP shall continue to work his/her assigned work schedule and shall have a reduction in pay equal to 5%. In exchange, 8 hours of leave will be credited to the employee’s PLP monthly. d. 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 and annual leave. Personal leave shall not be included in the calculation of vacation/annual leave balances pursuant to Sections 41 (Vacation Leave) and 43 (Annual Leave). e. At the discretion of the State, all or a portion of unused Personal Leave personal leave credits may be cashed out at the employee's ’s salary rate at the time the Personal Leave 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 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 employees personal leave balance may be transferred into a State of California, Department of Personnel Administration Deferred Compensation Program as permitted by federal and state law. F. Participating employees 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 Personal Leave program. g. State employee in the Personal Leave program shall be entitled to the same level of State employer contributions for health, vision, dental, flex-elect cash option, and enhanced survivors survivor’s benefits he or she would have received had they has the Personal Leave program not participated in the VPLPoccurred. G. h. The VPLP Personal Leave program shall not cause a break in State service, a reduction in the employee's ’s accumulation of service credit for the purpose purposes of seniority and retirement, leave accumulation, or a Merit Salary Adjustmentmerit salary adjustment. H. i. The VPLP Personal Leave program shall neither affect the employee's ’s final compensation used in calculation calculating State retirement benefits nor reduce the level of State death or disability benefits the employee would otherwise receive or be entitled to receive nor shall it affect the employee's ’s ability to supplement those benefits with paid leave. I. j. Part-time employees shall be subject to the same conditions as stated stated, above, on a pro-rated basisprorated basis regardless of the number of hours in the pay period. J. k. The Personal Leave Program program for intermittent employees shall be pro-rated prorated based upon the number of hours worked in the monthly pay period. K. l. The VPLP Personal Leave program shall be administered consistent with the existing payroll system and the policies and practices of the State Controller's ’s Office. L. m. Employees on EIDL, NDI, IDL IDL, or Worker's ’s Compensation for the entire monthly pay period shall be excluded from the VPLPPersonal Leave program for that month. M. Continued participation in n. Existing personal leave banks from the program when an employee transfers to another department 1992 and 2003 Personal Leave Program shall be at the discretion of the new department. If any disputes arise about this VPLP, an employee may file a grievance and the decision reached at the third step shall be final and not subject to the grievance arbitration clause of the Agreementmaintained.

Voluntary Personal Leave Program. (VPLP)‌ A. ‌ The State shall continue a voluntary personal leave program for Unit 5 employees. Employees participation may voluntarily participate in the personal leave program on a fiscal-year to fiscal-year basis with approval from the Department. The Department shall notify CAHP prior to the beginning of each fiscal year to indicate whether voluntary personal leave will be approved for the upcoming fiscal year. Enough advance approval of notice shall be on a provided to allow time for employees to positively enroll in the voluntary basis. personal leave program in those fiscal years the program is authorized for enrollment. a. Each full- full-time employee participating in the program subject to paragraph b. shall be credited with eight (8) hours of VPLP Personal Leave on the first day of the following monthly pay period for each month in the VPLPPersonal Leave program. B. Each full-time employee participating in the VPLP shall continue to work his/her assigned work schedule and shall have a reduction in pay equal to 4.75%. In exchange, 8 hours of leave will be credited to the employee's VPLP monthly. C. 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 and annual leave. D. An employee may accumulate no more than 240 hours of VPLP. b. When an employee reaches 240 hours of VPLP or would exceed 240 hours of Personal Leave with further accumulation, he/she shall be removed from the VPLPVoluntary Personal leave Program. When an employee is removed from the VPLPVoluntary Personal leave Program, he/she may not participate for a minimum of 12 months and he/she is not eligible to re-enroll until his/her balance is reduced to a maximum of 120 hours. E. c. Each full-time employee participating in the voluntary PLP shall continue to work his/her assigned work schedule and shall have a reduction in pay equal to 4.62%. In exchange, 8 hours of leave will be credited to the employee’s PLP monthly. d. 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 and annual leave. Personal leave shall not be included in the calculation of vacation/annual leave balances pursuant to Sections 44 (Vacation Leave) and 46 (Annual Leave). e. At the discretion of the State, all or a portion of unused Personal Leave personal leave credits may be cashed out at the employee's ’s salary rate at the time the Personal Leave 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 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 employees personal leave balance may be transferred into a State of California, Department of Personnel Administration Deferred Compensation Program as permitted by federal and state law. F. Participating employees 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 Personal Leave program. g. State employee in the Personal Leave program shall be entitled to the same level of State employer contributions for health, vision, dental, flex-elect cash option, and enhanced survivors survivor’s benefits he or she would have received had they has the Personal Leave program not participated in the VPLPoccurred. G. h. The VPLP Personal Leave program shall not cause a break in State service, a reduction in the employee's ’s accumulation of service credit for the purpose purposes of seniority and retirement, leave accumulation, or a Merit Salary Adjustmentmerit salary adjustment. H. i. The VPLP Personal Leave program shall neither affect the employee's ’s final compensation used in calculation calculating State retirement benefits nor reduce the level of State death or disability benefits the employee would otherwise receive or be entitled to receive nor shall it affect the employee's ’s ability to supplement those benefits with paid leave. I. j. Part-time employees shall be subject to the same conditions as stated stated, above, on a pro-rated basisprorated basis regardless of the number of hours in the pay period. J. k. The Personal Leave Program program for intermittent employees shall be pro-rated prorated based upon the number of hours worked in the monthly pay period. K. l. The VPLP Personal Leave program shall be administered consistent with the existing payroll system and the policies and practices of the State Controller's ’s Office. L. m. Employees on EIDL, NDI, IDL IDL, or Worker's ’s Compensation for the entire monthly pay period shall be excluded from the VPLPPersonal Leave program for that month. M. Continued participation in n. Existing personal leave banks from the program when an employee transfers to another department 1992, 2003 and 2012, Personal Leave Program and Voluntary Personal Leave shall be at maintained until such time as the discretion of employer chooses to cash out personal leave for all employees or the new department. If any disputes arise about this VPLP, an employee may file a grievance and the decision reached at the third step shall be final and not subject to the grievance arbitration clause of the Agreementseparates from service.

Voluntary Personal Leave Program. (VPLP)‌ A. Employees participation a. Each full time employee choosing to participate in the program shall be on a voluntary basis. Each full- time employee participating in the program shall be credited with eight Voluntary Personal Leave Program (8) hours of VPLP on the first day of the following monthly pay period for each month in the VPLP. B. Each full-time employee participating in the VPLP ) shall continue to work his/his or her assigned work schedule and shall have a reduction in pay equal to 4.75%4.62% (one day) 9.24% (two days), or 13.85% (three days). In exchangeexchange that the corresponding credits of 8 hours, 8 16 hours, or 24 hours of leave will be credited to the employee's ’s VPLP monthlybalance. C. Personal leave 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 leaveleave balances pursuant to Article 5 (Leaves) and Sections 5.4 (Vacation Leave) and 5.12 (Annual Leave). D. An employee may accumulate no more than 240 hours of VPLP. When an employee reaches 240 hours of VPLP or would exceed 240 hours of Personal Leave with further accumulation, he/she shall be removed from the VPLP. When an employee is removed from the VPLP, he/she may not participate for a minimum of 12 months and he/she is not eligible to re-enroll until his/her balance is reduced to a maximum of 120 hours. E. e. At the discretion of the State, all or a portion of unused Personal Leave personal leave credits may be cashed out at the employee's ’s salary rate at the time the Personal Leave 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 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 employees personal leave balance may be transferred into a State of California, Department of Human Resources Defined Contribution plans as permitted. F. Participating employees 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 survivors survivor’s benefits he or she would have received had they not participated in the VPLP. G. The VPLP shall not cause a break in State service, a reduction in the employee's accumulation of service credit for the purpose of seniority and retirement, leave accumulation, or a Merit Salary Adjustment. H. The VPLP shall neither affect the employee's final compensation used in calculation State retirement benefits nor reduce the level of State death or disability benefits the employee would otherwise receive or be entitled to receive nor shall it affect the employee's ability to supplement those benefits with paid leave. I. Part-time employees shall be subject to the same conditions as stated above, on a pro-rated basis. J. The Personal Leave Program for intermittent employees shall be pro-rated based upon the number of hours worked in the monthly pay periodprogram not occurred. K. The VPLP shall be administered consistent with the existing payroll system and the policies and practices of the State Controller's Office. L. Employees on EIDL, NDI, IDL or Worker's Compensation for the entire monthly pay period shall be excluded from the VPLP. M. Continued participation in the program when an employee transfers to another department shall be at the discretion of the new department. If any disputes arise about this VPLP, an employee may file a grievance and the decision reached at the third step shall be final and not subject to the grievance arbitration clause of the Agreement.

Voluntary Personal Leave Program. (VPLP)‌VPLP) A. Employees participation in the program Each full-time employee subject to paragraph B shall be on a voluntary basis. Each full- time employee participating in the program shall able to enroll and be credited with either eight (8) 8), sixteen (16), or twenty-four (24), hours of VPLP Voluntary Personal Leave on the first day of the following monthly pay period for each month in the VPLP. B. Each full-time employee participating in the VPLP shall continue to work his/her assigned work schedule and shall have a reduction in pay equal to 4.75%4.62% (one (1) day), 9.23% (two (2) days), or 13.85% (three (3) days) based upon enrollment level selected. In exchangeexchange for the corresponding credit eight (8) hours (4.62%) one (1) days), 8 sixteen (16) hours (9.23%)(two (2) days), or twenty-four (24) hours (13.85%)(three (3) days) of leave will be credited to the employee's ’s VPLP monthly. Beginning April 1, 2011, there will be a sixty (60) day window for employees currently participating in the VPLP to modify their participation or to opt out of the program. Modifications (including resuming or ending) to an employee’s VPLP election can be done on a quarterly basis. C. Voluntary Personal leave Leave shall be requested and used by the employee in the same manner as vacation or annual leave. Requests to use personal leave Voluntary Personal Leave must be submitted in accordance with departmental policies on vacation and annual leave. Voluntary Personal Leave shall not be included in the calculation of vacation/annual leave balances pursuant to Article 3 (Leaves). D. An employee may accumulate no more than 240 hours of VPLP. When an employee reaches 240 hours of VPLP Voluntary Personal Leave or would exceed 240 hours of Voluntary Personal Leave with further accumulation, he/she shall be removed from the VPLP. When an employee is removed from the VPLP, he/she may not participate for a minimum of 12 months and he/she is not eligible to re-enroll until his/her balance is reduced to a maximum of 120 hours. E. At the discretion of the State, all or a portion of unused Personal Leave credits may be cashed out at the employee's ’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" 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 plan as permitted by federal and state law. F. Participating employees 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 VPLP. G. A State employee in the VPLP shall be entitled to the same level of State employer contributions for health, vision, dental, flex-elect cash option, and enhanced survivors supervivor’s benefits he or she would have received had they the employee not participated in the VPLP. G. The H. Participation in the VPLP shall not cause a break in State service, a reduction in the employee's ’s accumulation of service credit for the purpose purposes of seniority and retirement, leave accumulation, or a Merit Salary Adjustmentmerit salary adjustment. H. The I. Participation in the VPLP shall neither affect the employee's ’s final compensation used in calculation calculating State retirement benefits nor reduce the level of State death or disability benefits the employee would otherwise receive or be entitled to receive nor shall it affect the employee's ability to supplement those benefits with paid leave. I. J. Part-time employees shall be subject to the same conditions as stated above, on a pro-rated prorated basis. J. K. The Personal Leave Program VPLP for intermittent employees shall be pro-rated prorated based upon the number of hours worked in the monthly pay period. K. L. The VPLP shall be administered consistent with the existing payroll system and the policies and practices of the State Controller's ’s Office. L. M. Employees on EIDL, NDI, IDL IDL, or Worker's ’s Compensation for the entire monthly pay period shall be excluded from the VPLPVPLP for that month. M. Continued participation in the program when an employee transfers to another department shall be at the discretion of the new department. If any disputes arise about this VPLP, an employee may file a grievance and the decision reached at the third step shall be final and not subject to the grievance arbitration clause of the Agreement.

Voluntary Personal Leave Program. (VPLP)‌VPLP) A. Employees participation in the program Each full-time employee subject to paragraph B shall be on a voluntary basis. Each full- time employee participating in the program shall able to enroll and be credited with either eight (8) 8), sixteen (16), or twenty-four (24) hours of VPLP Voluntary Personal Leave on the first day of the following monthly pay period for each month in the VPLP. B. Each full-time employee participating in the VPLP shall continue to work his/her assigned work schedule and shall have a reduction in pay equal to 4.75%4.62% (one (1) day), 9.23% (two (2) days), or 13.85% (three (3) days) based upon enrollment level selected. In exchangeexchange for the corresponding credit eight (8) hours (4.62% (one (1) day), 8 sixteen (16) hours (9.23% (two (2) days) or twenty-four (24) hours (13.85% (three (3) days) of leave will be credited to the employee's ’s VPLP monthly. Beginning April 1, 2011, there will be a sixty (60) day window for employees currently participating in the VPLP to modify their participation or to opt out of the program. Modifications (including resuming or ending) to an employee’s VPLP election can be done on a quarterly basis. C. Voluntary Personal leave 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 and annual leave. Personal Leave shall not be included in the calculation of vacation/annual leave balances pursuant to Article 3 (Leaves). D. An employee may accumulate no more than 240 hours of VPLP. When an employee reaches 240 hours of VPLP Voluntary Personal Leave or would exceed 240 hours of Voluntary Personal Leave with further accumulation, he/she shall be removed from the VPLP. When an employee is removed from the VPLP, he/she may not participate for a minimum of 12 months and he/she is not eligible to re-enroll until his/her balance is reduced to a maximum of 120 hours. E. At the discretion of the State, all or a portion of unused Personal Leave 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" 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 employees personal leave balance may be transferred into a State of California, Department of Personnel Administration Deferred Compensation Program as permitted by federal and state law. F. Participating employees 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 VPLP. G. A State employee in the VPLP shall be entitled to the same level of State employer contributions for health, vision, dental, flex-elect cash option, and enhanced survivors survivor’s benefits he or she would have received had they the employee not participated in the VPLP. G. The H. Participation in the VPLP shall not cause a break in State service, a reduction in the employee's accumulation of service credit for the purpose purposes of seniority and retirement, leave accumulation, or a Merit Salary Adjustmentmerit salary adjustment. H. The I. Participation in the VPLP shall neither affect the employee's final compensation used in calculation calculating State retirement benefits nor reduce the level of State death or disability benefits the employee would otherwise receive or be entitled to receive nor shall it affect the employee's ability to supplement those benefits with paid leave. I. J. Part-time employees shall be subject to the same conditions as stated above, on a pro-rated prorated basis. J. K. The Personal Leave Program VPLP for intermittent employees shall be pro-rated prorated based upon the number of hours worked in the monthly pay period. K. L. The VPLP shall be administered consistent with the existing payroll system and the policies and practices of the State Controller's ’s Office. L. M. Employees on EIDL, NDI, IDL IDL, or Worker's ’s Compensation for the entire monthly pay period shall be excluded from the VPLPVPLP for that month. M. Continued participation in the program when an employee transfers to another department shall be at the discretion of the new department. If any disputes arise about this VPLP, an employee may file a grievance and the decision reached at the third step shall be final and not subject to the grievance arbitration clause of the Agreement.

Voluntary Personal Leave Program. (VPLP)‌VPLP) A. Employees participation in the program Each full-time employee subject to paragraph B shall be on a voluntary basis. Each full- time employee participating in the program shall able to enroll and be credited with either eight (8) 8), sixteen (16), or twenty-four (24), hours of VPLP Voluntary Personal Leave on the first day of the following monthly pay period for each month in the VPLP. B. Each full-time employee participating in the VPLP shall continue to work his/her assigned work schedule and shall have a reduction in pay equal to 4.75%4.62% (one (1) day), 9.23% (two (2) days) or 13.85% (three (3) days) based upon enrollment level selected. In exchangeexchange for the corresponding credit eight (8) hours (4.62%) (one (1) day), 8 sixteen (16) hours (9.23%) (two (2) days) or twenty-four (24) hours (13.85%) (three (3) days) of leave will be credited to the employee's ’s VPLP monthly. Beginning April 1, 2011, there will be a sixty (60) day window for employees currently participating in the VPLP to modify their participation or to opt out of the program. Modifications (including resuming or ending) to an employee’s VPLP election can be done on a quarterly basis. C. Voluntary Personal leave Leave shall be requested and used by the employee in the same manner as vacation or annual leave. Requests to use personal leave Voluntary Personal Leave must be submitted in accordance with departmental policies on vacation and annual leave. Voluntary Personal Leave shall not be included in the calculation of vacation/annual leave balances pursuant to Article 3 (Leaves). D. An employee may accumulate no more than 240 hours of VPLP. When an employee reaches 240 hours of VPLP Voluntary Personal Leave or would exceed 240 hours of Voluntary Personal Leave with further accumulation, he/she shall be removed from the VPLP. When an employee is removed from the VPLP, he/she may not participate for a minimum of 12 months and he/she is not eligible to re-re- enroll until his/her balance is reduced to a maximum of 120 hours. E. At the discretion of the State, all or a portion of unused Personal Leave personal leave credits may be cashed out at the employee's ’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" 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 Deferred Compensation Program as permitted by federal and state law. F. Participating employees 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 VPLP. G. A State employee in the VPLP shall be entitled to the same level of State employer contributions for health, vision, dental, flex-elect cash option, and enhanced survivors survivor’s benefits he or she would have received had they the employee not participated in the VPLP. G. The H. Participation in the VPLP shall not cause a break in State service, a reduction in the employee's ’s accumulation of service credit for the purpose purposes of seniority and retirement, leave accumulation, or a Merit Salary Adjustmentmerit salary adjustment. H. The I. Participation in the VPLP shall neither affect the employee's ’s final compensation used in calculation calculating State retirement benefits nor reduce the level of State death or disability benefits the employee would otherwise receive or be entitled to receive nor shall it affect the employee's ’s ability to supplement those benefits with paid leave. I. J. Part-time employees shall be subject to the same conditions as stated above, on a pro-rated prorated basis. J. K. The Personal Leave Program VPLP for intermittent employees shall be pro-rated prorated based upon the number of hours worked in the monthly pay period. K. L. The VPLP shall be administered consistent with the existing payroll system and the policies and practices of the State Controller's ’s Office. L. M. Employees on EIDL, NDI, IDL IDL, or Worker's ’s Compensation for the entire monthly pay period shall be excluded from the VPLPVPLP for that month. M. Continued participation in the program when an employee transfers to another department shall be at the discretion of the new department. If any disputes arise about this VPLP, an employee may file a grievance and the decision reached at the third step shall be final and not subject to the grievance arbitration clause of the Agreement.