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5.22 Personal Leave Program 2020

Effective with the first day of the pay period following ratification through the June 2022 pay period, employees will be subject to the Personal Leave Program 2020 (PLP 2020) 16 hours per month in the manner outlined below.

  1. Each full-time employee shall continue to work their assigned work schedule and shall have a reduction in pay equal to 9.23%.
  2. Each full-time employee shall be credited with 16 hours of PLP 2020 on the first day of each pay period for the duration of the PLP 2020 program.
  3. Salary rates and salary ranges shall remain unchanged.
  4. Employees will be given discretion to use PLP 2020 subject to operational considerations.
    1. PLP 2020 time must be used before any other leave that may be cashed out upon separation with the exception of Sick Leave.
    2. Employees may elect to use PLP 2020 in lieu of approved sick leave.
    3. PLP 2020 shall be requested and used by the employee in the same manner as Vacation/Annual Leave.
    4. Subject to the above, requests for use of PLP 2020 leave must be submitted in accordance with departmental policies on Vacation/Annual Leave.
  5. All leave earned under PLP 2020 should be used prior to voluntary separation. Appointing powers may schedule employees to take PLP 2020 time off to meet the intent of this section. If an employee is unable to use this leave prior to an employee’s separation and the separation date cannot be extended, PLP 2020 shall be cashed out.
  6. Time during which an employee is excused from work because of PLP 2020 leave shall not be considered as “time worked” for purposes of determining the number of hours worked in a work week.
  7. A State employee shall be entitled to the same level of State employer contributions for health, vision, dental, flex-elect cash option, and enhanced survivor’s benefits they would have received had the PLP 2020 not occurred.
  8. PLP 2020 shall not cause a break in State service, nor a reduction in the employee’s accumulation of service credit for the purposes of seniority and retirement. PLP 2020 does not affect other leave accumulations, or service towards a merit salary adjustment.
  9. PLP 2020 shall neither affect the employee’s final compensation used in calculating State retirement benefits nor reduce the level of State death or disability benefits to supplement those benefits with paid leave.
  10. The PLP 2020 reductions shall not affect transfer determinations between state civil service classifications.
  11. Part-time employees shall be subject to the same conditions as stated above, on a pro-rated basis. Pro-ration shall be determined based on the employee’s time base in the same manner as Sick Leave.
  12. PLP 2020 for permanent intermittent employees shall be pro-rated based upon the number of hours worked in the monthly pay period, pursuant to the chart in Section P below.
  13. PLP 2020 shall be administered consistent with the existing payroll system and the policies and practices of the State Controller’s Office.
  14. Employees on SDI, NDI, ENDI, IDL, EIDL, or Workers’ Compensation for the entire monthly pay period shall be excluded from PLP 2020 for that month.
  15. Seasonal and temporary employees are not subject to PLP 2020.
  16. All Permanent Intermittent employees shall be subject to the pro-ration of salary and PLP 2020 credits pursuant to the chart below:

    HOURS WORKED DURING CREDIT PAY PERIOD

    		 PLP 2020
    0 – 10.9 1
    11 – 30.9 2
    31 – 50.9 4
    51 – 70.9 6
    71 – 90.9 8
    91 – 110.9 10
    111 – 130.9 12
    131 – 150.9 14
    151 or over 16
  17. Disputes regarding the denial of the use of PLP 2020 time may be appealed through the grievance procedure. The decision by the Department of Human Resources shall be final and there may be no further appeals.