Common use of Pay in Lieu of General Leave Clause in Contracts

Pay in Lieu of General Leave. “The EMPLOYER and the UNION agree that the following is an equitable solution for employees that accumulate leave because of work requirements or other factors that limit when they can be away from the workplace. A. Before December 1 of each year an employee may irrevocably elect for the following calendar year to receive additional pay in lieu of a portion of his/her general leave accrual, provided: a. As of the pay date immediately prior to November 1 the employee has accrued an uncommitted (i.e. the leave balance minus requests for future time off) 180 hours of general leave. b. The election is made during the annual health insurance cafeteria plan open enrollment period. B. The election may be for (1) 2 hours, (2) 4 hours, or (3) 8 hours of the leave accrued per pay period in the following calendar year to be paid out each pay period in the form of cash (as part of bi-weekly pay check) instead of accruing paid time off. The election is effective only for the following calendar year and once made, cannot be changed by the employee. C. The payment of the general leave accrual in cash (as part of bi-weekly pay check) will be automatically cancelled and the full accrual of general leave will resume for the remainder of the year if the employee’s general leave balance falls below 20 hours at the end of a pay period, for whatever reason (scheduled vacation, family medical leave, sick leave, etc.).

Pay in Lieu of General Leave. “The EMPLOYER JTA and the UNION agree that the following is an equitable solution for employees that accumulate leave because of work requirements or other factors that limit when they can be away from the workplace. A. Before December 1 of each year an employee may irrevocably elect for the following calendar year to receive additional pay in lieu of a portion of his/her general leave accrual, provided: a. As of the pay date immediately prior to November 1 1, the employee has accrued an uncommitted (i.e. the leave balance minus requests for future time off) 180 hours of general leave. b. The election is made during the annual health insurance cafeteria plan open enrollment period. B. The election may be for (1) 2 hours, (2) 4 hours, or (3) 8 hours of the leave accrued per pay period in the following calendar year to be paid out each pay period in the form of cash (as part of bi-weekly pay checkpaycheck) instead of accruing paid time off. The election is effective only for the following calendar year and once made, cannot be changed by the employee. C. The payment of the general leave accrual in cash (as part of bi-weekly pay checkpaycheck) will be automatically cancelled and the full accrual of general leave will resume for the remainder of the year if the employee’s general leave balance falls below 20 hours at the end of a pay period, for whatever reason (scheduled vacation, family medical leave, sick leave, etc.).