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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 remains 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
payroll period in the fiscal year. The VRWS agreement must begin on the

first day of a payroll period and end on the last day of a payroll period.

VRWS ending balances must be segregated for each fiscal year. The
employee and management may, by agreement, discontinue or modify the
VRWS agreement if the employee’s needs or circumstances change.

5. Time Records Maintenance

a. All VRWS schedules will be based on the crediting and debiting of VR
credits on the employee’s time card against a regular 37.5 or 40-hour

workweek.
b. VR credits earned during an agreement may be carried on the

employee’s time card past the end of the individual VRWS agreement and
past the end of the fiscal year but must be liquidated by the September 30th

following the end of the fiscal year in which the individual VRWS

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