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Human Resources Health and Human Services Agency recommending the Board interpret Section 1402.3 of the Personnel Rules, in accordance with rule 207, Interpretation of Personnel Rules, authorizing Limited Term employees to roll over accrued vacation hours when hired to a competitively recruited Regular Position, and upon terminating their Limited Term position.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
Limited Term employees receive all the benefits that a regular employee in the classification would receive (with the exception of civil service and seniority), including vacation accrual. According to Personnel Rules Resolution 015-2014, Section 1402.3, vacation leave shall be accrued from each employee’s hire date. Upon termination of an employee’s employment for any cause, he/she shall be paid for any unused vacation hours accumulated, up to the maximum amount permitted to be accumulated.
Under typical circumstances, a LT employee would be released by the County when the limited work project was completed, and their vacation accrual, if any, would be paid out. However, there have been instances in which a LT employee is selected for a regular allocated position through a competitive recruitment. In this case, the employee would be terminating their employment with the County as LT employee, even as they intend to continue employment as a Regular employee. In contrast, when a regular employee transfers or promotes to another department, they are allowed to roll over their vacation accrual to that department because they are not required to terminate their employment with the County.
As provided in section 207 of the Personnel Rules, Interpretation of Personnel Rules, the Board on its own initiative, or at the request of the CAO or a department head, may interpret any provision of these Rules.
Human Resources is requesting that the Board interpret whether the phrase “termination of an employee’s employment for any cause” necessarily includes the situa...
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