Appendix G - Battery Park City Authority

Attendance and Leave Manual

Appendix G - Reciprocal Agreement on Transfer of Leave and Service Credits

PARTIES: New York State Department of Civil Service
and
Battery Park City Authority

PURPOSE: To facilitate the movement of employees to and from positions subject to the Attendance Rules for Employees in New York State Departments and Institutions and the leave policies for employees of the Battery Park City Authority.

TERMS: It is hereby agreed that leave and service credits shall be transferred and accepted as provided below.

A. Sick Leave, Vacation, and Personal Leave

Upon movement of an employee between a position subject to the leave policies for employees of the Battery Park City Authority and a position subject to the Attendance Rules for Employees in New York State Departments and Institutions, sick leave, vacation, and personal leave accruals shall be transferred in the same manner and subject to the same restrictions and limitations as would apply if such movement were between two positions subject to the Attendance Rules for Employees in New York State Departments and Institutions.

B. Vacation Accrual Rate and Vacation and Personal Leave Anniversary Dates

For purposes of determining the rate at which vacation is earned and accumulated and for purposes of determining additional or "bonus" vacation to be credited on his/her vacation anniversary date for an employee who moves from the Battery Park City Authority to a position subject to the Attendance Rules for Employees in New York State Departments and Institutions or from a position in the classified service of the Executive Branch of State service to a position in the Battery Park City Authority, service with the Authority shall be credited as State service and service in the classified or unclassified service of the Executive, Legislative or Judicial branches shall be credited as service with the Authority. The employee shall retain or be assigned his/her vacation and personal leave anniversary dates in the same manner and subject to the same limitations as would apply if such movement were between two positions subject to the Attendance Rules for Employees in New York State Departments and Institutions.

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C. Crediting of Service

For purposes of applying the various provisions (e.g., eligibility for sick leave at half-pay) of the leave policies for employees of the Battery Park City Authority or the Attendance Rules for Employees in New York State Departments and Institutions to employee's who move to and from positions subject to those rules and those policies, previous service with the Authority shall be credited as State service and previous service in the classified or unclassified service of the Executive, Legislative or Judicial branches shall be credited as service with the Authority.

EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERMINATION
OF AGREEMENT: This agreement shall be effective at the beginning of business on the day after it has been signed by both the President of the Battery Park City Authority and the President of the New York State Civil Service Commission and supersedes any previous agreement between the two parties on the transfer of leave and service credits. It may be terminated by either party upon giving at least 30 days notice of such intent. Each party shall furnish the other with an official copy of its rules and regulations governing matters of attendance and leave by no later than the effective date of this agreement and, thereafter, shall also furnish copies of all amendments and revisions made therein.

2/13/90 ----------- Date	/s/ Walter D. Broadnax ------------------------------------ President New York State Civil Service Commission
2/13/90 ----------- Date	/s/ Fabian G. Palomino ------------------------------------ President Battery Park City Authority

TM 32 - No Substantive Changes - June 2005

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