Appendix G - Long Island Power 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
Long Island Power Authority

PURPOSE: To facilitate the movement of employees to and from positions subject to Attendance Rules for Employees in New York State Departments and Institutions and the Attendance Rules for Employees of the Long Island Power Authority. The provisions of this agreement shall not apply to any person serving in any position that may be hereafter transferred to the Authority because of the acquisition of the Long Island Lighting Company by the Authority or to any person employed in such a position following such acquisition.

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 Attendance Rules for Employees of the Long Island Power Authority and a position subject to 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 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 the vacation anniversary date for an employee who moves from the Long Island Power Authority to a position subject to 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 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 branch shall be credited as service with the Authority. The employee shall retain or be assigned vacation and personal leave anniversary dates in the same manner and subject to the same...

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... limitations as would apply if such movement were between two positions subject to Attendance Rules for Employees in New York State Departments and Institutions.

C. Crediting of Service

For purposes of applying the various provisions (e.g., eligibility for sick leave at half-pay) of the Attendance Rules for Employees of the Long Island Power Authority or Attendance Rules for Employees in New York State Departments and Institutions to employees who move to and from positions subject to those rules, 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 branch shall be credited as service with the Authority.

EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERMINATION
OF AGREEMENT: This agreement shall be effective on the twentieth day after it has been signed by both the Executive Director of the Long Island Power Authority and the President of the New York State Civil Service Commission. It may be terminated by either party upon giving 30 days' notice of such intent. The Long Island Power Authority and the Commission shall furnish each 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.

10/2/87 ---------- Date	/s/ Walter D. Broadnax ------------------------------ President New York State Civil Service Commission
9/14/87 ---------- Date	/s/ Stanley Klimberg ------------------------------ Executive Director (Acting) Long Island Power Authority

TM 32 - No Substantive Changes - June 2009

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