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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,
2013of 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 maxi- mum 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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