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the day following their completion of six months of such a work schedule,

assuming the employee submits a written application for coverage during

the waiting period, and remains on the payroll or on authorized Workers'
Compensation Leave without Pay for the entire 42-day waiting period.

3. Where the State establishes a seasonal position for six months or more,
the appointee to that position shall not have his or her service intentionally

broken solely for the purpose of rendering that employee ineligible for
health insurance purposes. However, if that individual's service is broken

for another reason, the individual shall not be eligible to continue coverage
after employment is terminated, except as described in Section 4 below.

4. Should a seasonal employee who attained health insurance coverage
under Section 1 or 2 above, leave the payroll and then be rehired

subsequently, the employee shall retain eligibility for health insurance
coverage upon rehire without being hired for an anticipated six month

period of continuous employment on at least a halftime basis, provided the
employee is not off of the payroll more than six months. An employee so

rehired may continue his or her health insurance by paying the full cost of
coverage for the period of time he or she is off the payroll, or, if not rehired,

until the date that is six months from the date of employment terminated.
D. Appointment Letter

Each State department and agency shall provide a seasonal employee with
an appointment letter indicating his or her date of hire and date of

anticipated separation.
E. Department/Agency Seasonal Handbook

Each State department and agency shall prepare a seasonal employee

handbook to be distributed to all seasonal employees.
F. A seasonal employee who is appointed to a permanent position in the
competitive, non-competitive, or labor class, within one year of completing

at least three years of continuous service of 19 pay periods cumulative in

each of those three years, and who successfully completes his/her
probationary period shall receive seniority credit for actual time worked as

a seasonal employee for purposes of job bidding, as applicable.
G. Those seasonal employees who have Attendance coverage or those

employees who have met the eligibility requirements for seasonal leave
credits shall be entitled to an exit interview, upon written request, with a

human resource designee, following notice of involuntary separation. A

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