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(2) Percentage reduction of work schedule and salary.

(3) Amount of VR time earned in exchange for reduced salary.

(4) Schedule for use of VR time earned. This may be either a fixed
schedule, e.g., every Friday, every Wednesday afternoon, an entire month

off, etc. or intermittent time off.
(i) An employee’s fixed schedule VR time off, once the VRWS schedule

has been agreed upon by management, cannot be changed without the
consent of the employee except in an emergency. In the event an employee’s

schedule is changed without his or her consent, the employee may appeal
this action through an expedited grievance procedure.

(ii) VR time used as intermittent time off will be subject to scheduling
during the term of the VRWS agreement, and will require advance approval

by the employee’s supervisor.
d. While the VRWS agreement is in effect, the employee will earn and

accumulate VR credits in accordance with the percentage reduction in work
week, e.g., a 10 percent reduction will result in 7.5 or 8 hours of VR credit

earned each payroll period which the employee will charge on his or her
scheduled VR absences. If the employee’s VRWS schedule calls for one-

half day off every Friday afternoon, 3.75 or 4 hours of VR credits will be
charged for each Friday. An employee whose VRWS agreement calls for a

10 percent reduction and taking an entire month off will work his or her full
37.5 or 40 hours each week, accrue 7.5 or 8 hours of VR credit each payroll

period, and have the accumulated VR credits to use during that month.
e. The employee never goes off the payroll. The employee rmains in

active pay status for the duration of the agreement and receives pay checks

each payroll period at the agreed-upon, temporarily reduced level.
f. The employee will work a prorated share of his or her normal work
schedule over the duration of the agreement period.

g. Participation in the VRWS program will not be a detriment to later

career moves within the agency or the State.
h. Scheduled non-work time taken in accordance with a VRWS agreement

shall not be considered to be an absence for the purpose of application of
Section 4.5(f) of the Civil Service Rules governing probationary periods.

4. Time Limits
The employee and management can establish a VRWS agreement on a

fiscal year basis of any number of payroll periods in duration from one (1)
to twenty-six (26). The VRWS contract expires the last day of the last

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