Appendix G - NYS Housing Trust Fund Corporation

Attendance and Leave Manual

Appendix G - Reciprocal Agreement on Transfer of Leave and Service Credits

PARTIES: New York State Department of Civil Service
and
NYS Housing Trust Fund Corporation

PURPOSE: To facilitate the movement of employees to and from positions subject to the Attendance Rules for Employees in New York State Departments and Institutions and the Time and Attendance Policies for Employees of the New York State Housing Trust Fund Corporation.

TERMS: It is hereby agreed that leave and service credits shall be transferred and accepted as provided below.

A. Sick Leave, Personal Leave and Holiday Leave

Upon movement of an employee between a position subject to the Time and Attendance Policies for Employees of the New York State Housing Trust Fund Corporation and a position subject to the Attendance Rules for Employees in New York State Departments and Institutions, sick leave, personal leave, and holiday leave accruals shall be transferred in the same manner and subject to the same restrictions and limitations as would apply if such movement were between two positions subject to the Attendance Rules for Employees in New York State Departments and Institutions.

B. Vacation

Upon movement of an employee between a position subject to the Time and Attendance Policies for Employees of the New York State Housing Trust Fund Corporation and a position subject to Attendance Rules for Employees in New York State Departments and Institutions, the Corporation or the State department or agency to which the employee moves shall credit such employee with all accumulated and unused vacation accruals as of the effective date of separation from the releasing agency; provided, however, that vacation accruals in excess of 20 days shall not be credited and provided also that the employee shall be compensated in cash for days in excess of 20 days in accordance with appropriate provisions of applicable rules covering the position from which the employee moves. No vacation or annual leave shall be so credited where the employee is appointed or otherwise employed more than one year following separation from the Corporation or the State department or agency.

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C. Vacation Accrual Rate and Vacation and Personal Leave Anniversary Dates

For purposes of determining the rate at which vacation is earned and accumulated and for purposes of determining additional or bonus vacation to be credited on the vacation anniversary date for an employee who moves from the New York State Housing Trust Fund Corporation to a position subject to the Attendance Rules for Employees in New York State Departments and Institutions, or from a position in the classified service of the Executive Branch of State service to a position in the Corporation, service with the Corporation shall be credited as State service and service in the classified or unclassified service of the Executive, Legislative or Judicial branch shall be credited as service with the Corporation.

The employee shall retain or be assigned a vacation and personal leave anniversary dates in the same manner and subject to the same limitations as would apply if such movement were between two positions subject to Attendance Rules for Employees in New York State Departments and Institutions.

D. Crediting of Service

For purposes of applying the various provisions of the Time and Attendance Rules for Employees of the Corporation or the Attendance Rules for Employees in New York State Departments and Institutions to employees who move to and from positions subject to those rules and those policies, previous service with the Corporation shall be credited as State service and previous service in the classified or unclassified service of the Executive, Legislative or Judicial branch shall be credited as service with the Corporation.

EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERMINATION
OF AGREEMENT: This Agreement shall be effective at the beginning of business on the day after it has been signed by both the Chairman of the New York State Housing Trust Fund Corporation and the President of the New York State Civil Service...

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... Commission. It may be terminated by either party upon giving 30 days' notice of such intent. The Corporation and the Commission shall furnish each other with an official copy of its rules and regulations governing matters of attendance and leave by no later than the effective date of this agreement and, thereafter, shall also furnish copies of all amendments and revisions made therein.

1/24/01 ---------- Date	/s/ George C. Sinnott -------------------------------- President New York State Civil Service Commission
1/9/01 ---------- Date	/s/ Joseph B. Lynch -------------------------------- Chairman /s/ Dennis Ryan -------------------------------- CEO New York State Housing Trust Fund Corporation

TM 32 - New or Revised Material - June 2009

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