Appendix G - Metropolitan Transportation 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
Metropolitan Transportation 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 positions subject to the Attendance and Leave Policies and Procedures of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

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

A. Sick Leave

Upon movement of an employee between a position subject to the Attendance and Leave Policies and Procedures of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and a position subject to the Attendance Rules for Employees in New York State Departments and Institutions, the Authority or the State department or agency to which the employee moves shall credit such employee with all accumulated and unused sick leave as of the effective date of separation from the releasing agency; provided, however, that sick leave accruals which exceed the maximum accumulation permitted under the attendance and leave provisions of the receiving agency shall not be credited and provided further that sick leave shall not be credited in any case where the employee is appointed or otherwise employed more than one year following separation from State or Authority service except where such employee is reinstated from a preferred list or reemployed while eligible for reinstatement from a preferred list.

B. Vacation

Upon movement of an employee between a position subject to the Attendance and Leave Policies and Procedures of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and a position subject to the Attendance Rules for Employees in New York State Departments and Institutions, vacation accruals shall be transferred in the same manner and subject to the same restrictions 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. Vacation Accrual Rate and Anniversary Date

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 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 with 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 a vacation anniversary date 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.

D. Personal Leave and Personal Leave Anniversary Date

Upon movement of an employee between a position subject to the Attendance and Leave Policies and Procedures of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and a position subject to the Attendance Rules for Employees in New York State Departments and Institutions, personal leave 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.

E. Crediting of Service

For purposes of applying the various provisions of the Attendance and Leave Policies and Procedures of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority or the Attendance Rules for Employees in New York State Departments and Institutions Reciprocal Agreement on Transfer of Leave and Service Credits to employees 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 Branch shall be credited as service with the Authority.

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EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERMINATION
OF AGREEMENT: This agreement shall be effective on the beginning of business on the day after it has been signed by both the First Vice Chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the President of the New York State Civil Service Commission. It may be terminated by either party upon giving at least 30 days' notice of such intent. The Department and the Authority 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.

6/15/95 ---------- Date	/s/ George C. Sinnott ------------------------------ President New York State Civil Service Commission
6/9/95 ---------- Date	/s/ Daniel T. Scannell ------------------------------ First Vice Chairman and Acting Chief Operating Head Metropolitan Transportation Authority

TM 32 - New or Revised Material - June 2009

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