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consecutive calendar days will have their VRWS agreement suspended and

be returned to their normal full-timework schedule and pay base. For

accidents occurring on or after July 1, 1992, CSEA employees covered
under the Statutory Benefit Program will continue on VRWS until the first

day they are placed on workers’ compensation disability leave, at which
time they will have their VRWS agreement suspended. Suspension of a VR

agreement does not extend the agreement beyond its scheduled termination
date. If the employee returns to work prior to the scheduled termination

date of the VR agreement, the employee’s participation in the VR agreement
resumes and continues until the scheduled termination date, unless both

parties agree to terminate the agreement.
11. Provisions for Payment of Banked (Unused) VR Time in

Exceptional Cases
The VRWS program is intended to be a program that allows employees

to voluntarily trade income for time off. The agreement for program
participation between the employee and management includes a plan for the

use of VR time earned. Management must make every effort to ensure that
VR time earned by an employee is used (1) under the terms of the individual

VRWS agreement, (2) before the September 30th liquidation date (see
Section 5b), (3) before the employee separates from State service, and (4)

while the employee is on the job he or she was in when the VRWS program
agreement was made. If this is not possible, payment for banked (unused)

VR time may be made in exceptional cases that fall under the following
criteria:

(a) Upon layoff, resignation from State service, termination, retirement

or death, unused VR time will be paid at the then current straight time rate
of pay.
(b) Upon movement of an employee from one agency to another or

between facilities or institutions within an agency, unused VR time will

be paid at the then current straight time rate of pay by the agency or
facility/institution in which the VR time was earned, unless the employee
requests and the new agency or facility/institution accepts the transfer of

the VR time on the employee’s time card. The lump sum payment for VR

balances upon movement to another agency or facility/institution will be
made irrespective of whether or not the employee is granted a leave of

absence from the agency where the VR time was earned. Payment will be
made within two payroll periods following the move to the new agency/

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