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require that floating holiday leave credits be used in minimum units greater

than one-quarter hour. This provision shall not supercede any local

arrangements which provide for liquidation in smaller units of time.
§10.2 Holiday Accrual

(a) Compensatory time off in lieu of holidays earned after the effective
date of this Agreement shall be recorded in a separate leave category known

as Holiday Leave. Subject to the rules governing the granting of annual
leave, an employee shall be given the opportunity to exhaust such time

within a year of its accrual, or prior to separation from service, whichever
comes first.

(b) When December 25 and January 1 fall on Sundays and are observed
as State holidays on the following Mondays, employees whose work

schedule includes December 25 and/or January 1 shall observe the holiday
on those dates, or if required to work, may receive additional

compensation or compensatory time off in accordance with Section 7.16
of this Agreement. In such event, for those employees, December 26 and

January 2 will not be considered holidays.
§10.3 Additional Vacation Credit

(a) The State agrees to grant employees having 20 or more years of
continuous State service and who are entitled to earn and accumulate

vacation credits, additional vacation credit as follows:

Completed Years of Additional
Continuous Service Vacation Credit

20 to 24 1 day

25 to 29 2 days
30 to 34 3 days
35 or more 4 days

An eligible employee shall receive additional vacation credit on the date
on which the employee would normally be credited with additional vacation

in accordance with the above schedule and shall thereafter be eligible for
additional vacation credit upon the completion of each additional 12

months of continuous State service. Continuous State service for the
purposes of this section shall mean uninterrupted State service, in pay status,

as an employee. A leave of absence without pay, or a resignation followed

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