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4 days of annual and/ or personal leave standing to their credit at the time

of enrollment in return for a credit of up to either $600 or $1,200 to be

applied toward the employee share of NYSHIP premiums deducted from
bi-weekly paychecks in each year. This credit will be divided evenly among

the State paydays that fall between January 1 to December 31, 2013 of each
year the employee elects to enroll.

Eligible part-time employees:
• in Grades 1-17 who participate in any calendar year will forfeit a total of

3 or 6 prorated days of annual and/or personal leave per year of participation
and receive a prorated credit toward the employee share of their health

insurance premiums based on their payroll percentage;
• in Grades 18-24 who participate in any calendar year will forfeit a total

of 2 or 4 prorated days of annual and/or personal leave per year of
participation and receive a prorated credit toward the employee share of

their health insurance premiums based on their payroll percentage.

Appendix XII
Voluntary Reduction in Work Schedule

Program Guidelines Introduction:
Voluntary Reduction in Work Schedule (VRWS) is a program that allows

employees to voluntarily trade income for time off. The VRWS program is
available to eligible annual-salaried employees in the Administrative

Services Unit (ASU), Operational Services Unit (OSU), Institutional
Services Unit (ISU), and Division of Military and Naval Affairs Unit

(DMNA). Individual VRWS agreements may be entered into for any

number of payroll periods up to a maximum of 26 bi-weekly pay periods in
duration and must expire at the end of the last payroll period in the fiscal
year.

1. Purposes

a. VRWS provides agencies with a flexible mechanism for allocating staff
resources.

b. VRWS permits employees to reduce their work schedules to reflect
personal needs and interests.

2. Limitations: Eligibility, Work Schedule Reduction, Term of VRWS
a. Eligibility: This program is available to certain annual-salaried

employees in the Administrative Services, Operational Services,
Institutional Services and Division of Military and Naval Affairs Units.

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