UWSA Benefits Update Nicole Zimm

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UWSA Benefits Update Nicole Zimm

• New Military Leave Provision effective June 7,
  2008
• Review OSER Bulletin OSER-0211-CLR, dated July
  23, 2008 for full details
• Affects employees who are only eligible for
  military leave without pay
• Employees on inactive duty training
• Employees on active duty for training who are in
  their original probationary period
• Employees on active duty for training who have
  exhausted the annual 30 day military leave
  provision

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UWSA Benefits Update Nicole Zimm

• New provision Employees on military leave
  without pay for duly authorized inactive duty
  training or active duty for training shall
  continue to earn vacation, sick leave and legal
  holiday credits.
• Eligible employees Employees covered under 1 of
  10 bargaining units who use this wording
  (includes WSEU, Law Enforcement, WPEC and
  Building Trades) and all non-represented
  classified and unclassified employees.

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UWSA Benefits Update Nicole Zimm

• Payroll staff will have to manually adjust leave
  balances when the employee returns from an unpaid
  leave of absence.
• Employees always have the right to use
  accumulated leave, except sick leave, to remain
  on payroll during a military leave.
• New Military Leave FAQ should be available online
  within the month
• Will include info on new leave provision
• Will include sample calculations for both paid
  and unpaid military leave