Longevity Recognition. It is understood that any day(s) for which the employee receives longevity recognition cannot be carried into retirement as outlined by the Maine Public Employees Retirement System. Should an employee have and choose to carry unused sick days into retirement, the payment of longevity recognition would only be applied to those days above and beyond days counted toward retirement. (Maine Public Employees Retirement System allows credit days for up to ninety (90) days of unused and unpaid sick leave.) An employee who has accumulated at least twenty (20) years of teaching service to the Hermon School Department and who has accumulated unused sick time of thirty (30) days of more in addition to the ninety (90) days that may be carried into retirement, shall be eligible for longevity recognition provided that the employee presents his/her written resignation and the written request for longevity recognition no later than February 1st of the year of retirement. Longevity recognition payments will be paid after July 1st of the year of retirement. An employee who meets the standards described above shall be paid the equivalent of thirty
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Longevity Recognition. It is understood that any day(s) for which the employee teacher receives longevity recognition cannot be carried into retirement as outlined by the Maine Public Employees Retirement System. Should an employee a teacher have and choose to carry unused sick days into retirement, the payment of longevity recognition would only be applied to those days above and beyond days counted toward retirement. (Maine Public Employees Retirement System allows credit days for up to ninety (90) days of unused and unpaid sick leave.) An employee A teacher who has accumulated at least twenty (20) years of teaching service to the Hermon School Department and who has accumulated unused sick time of thirty (30) days of more in addition to the ninety (90) days that may be carried into retirement, shall be eligible for longevity recognition provided that the employee teacher presents his/her written resignation and the written request for longevity recognition no later than February 1st of the year of retirement. Longevity recognition payments will be paid after July 1st of the year of retirement. An employee A teacher who meets the standards described above shall be paid the equivalent of thirtythirty (30) days at the base rate of the salary scale not to exceed $6,000.
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Sources: Negotiated Agreement