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For purposes of this Appendix, family shall be defined as any relative or

any relative-in-law regardless of place of residence, or any person with

whom the employee makes his or her home.

Appendix XI

Productivity Enhancement Program

This Appendix describes the Productivity Enhancement Program
available to employees in the Administrative Services, Institutional

Services, Operational Services and Division of Military and Naval Affairs
Units. Detailed guidelines on program administration will be issued by the

Department of Civil Service.
Program Overview

Eligible employees may elect to participate in the Productivity
Enhancement Program. As detailed below, this program allows eligible

employees to exchange previously accrued annual leave (vacation) and/or
personal leave in return for a credit to be applied toward their employee

share NYSHIP premiums on a biweekly basis.
The program will be available for the entire calendar year in 2017, 2018,

2019, 2020, and 2021. During each of these years the credit will be divided
evenly among the State paydays that fall between January 1 and December

31.
Disputes arising from this program are not subject to the grievance

procedure contained in this Agreement. This is a pilot program that will
sunset on December 31, 2021 unless extended by mutual agreement of the

parties.

Eligibility/Enrollment
In order to enroll an employee must:

• Be a classified or unclassified service employee in a title below Salary

Grade 25 or equated to a position below Salary Grade 25, or be a non-
statutory employee with an annual salary no greater than the job rate

of the Salary Grade 24;
• Be an employee covered by the 2016-2021 New York State/ CSEA

Collective Bargaining Agreements;

• Have a sufficient leave balance to make the full leave forfeiture at the
time of enrollment without bringing their combined annual and

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