Appendix G - Ogdensburg Bridge and Port 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
Ogdensburg Bridge and Port 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 Attendance Rules for Employees of the Ogdensburg Bridge and Port 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 Rules for Employees of the Ogdensburg Bridge and Port 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 pear 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. Sick leave shall not be credited to employees separated for disciplinary reasons.

B. Vacation

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...employees shall be entitled, subject to the provisions of the releasing agency, to cash compensation for vacation accruals not transferred under the terms of this agreement. No vacation or annual leave shall be so credited where the employee is appointed or otherwise employed more than one year following separation from the Authority or State department or agency or where the separation was for disciplinary reasons.

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 branches 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

E. 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 Authority or the 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,...

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...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 Chairman of the Ogdensburg Bridge and Port 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. 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.

3/2/83 ---------- Date	/s/ Joseph A. F. Valenti ------------------------------ President New York State Civil Service Commission
2/28/83 ---------- Date	/s/ George B. Looney ------------------------------ Vice Chairman Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority

TM 32 - No Substantive Changes - June 2009

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