Common use of Well Days/Hours Clause in Contracts

Well Days/Hours. 1. Bargaining unit members are eligible to earn one well day per year as follows: A. Effective July 1, 2016 an employee who uses less than one-third (1/3) of his/her sick leave earned between July 1 and June 30 each year shall earn one-twelfth (1/12) of the number of hours normally earned pursuant to Article 16, Section 1.1. B. Bargaining unit members’ earned well time/hours shall be credited on July 1 annually. 2. Bargaining unit members may use well day hours as follows: A. No well day/hour may be used before it has been credited. B. Bargaining unit employees must begin work on or before the fifteenth (15th) day of the month in order to earn well days/hours for that month. To count the last month of service for well days/hours, the employee must have worked beyond the fifteenth (15th) day of the month. C. Well days/hours shall be scheduled by mutual agreement between the employee and his/her immediate supervisor. The only criterion to be used by the immediate supervisor in determining when well days/hours may be used is to attempt to minimize interruption of District work needs. D. Well days/hours must be taken within (12) months after the date they are credited. Well days/hours earned but not taken with twelve (12) months will be lost unless special permission is granted by the superintendent-president or designee. E. If a bargaining unit employee is not permitted, due to District needs, to take his/her desired well days/hours, the amount not taken shall accumulate for use in the next fiscal year. In no case, however, may the bargaining unit member accrue more than five (5) days of well days/hours, unless specifically approved by the superintendent- president or designee. F. Upon separation of the bargaining unit member from District employment, well days/hours accrued but not used shall be paid at the regular salary rate existing on the date of separation, provided the employee has completed six (6) months of employment. If a bargaining unit member is re-employed after termination, he/she shall earn well days/hours as if he/she was a first time employee.