Accumulation and Retention. Seniority shall be retained but not accumulated when an employee is absent from work under the following circumstances:
Accumulation and Retention. Employees will accumulate seniority during sickness certified by a licensed physician, authorized leave of absence, injury disabling an employee for work, and layoff. An employee who quits of his own accord or who is discharged and not re-instated, shall automatically lose all seniority with the Company. An employee with up to one year of service, shall retain seniority on layoff for a period of one year, and an employee with more than one year of service will retain seniority for one year plus one month for each additional year of service.
Accumulation and Retention. Public Defenders are permitted to accumulate and retain a maximum of five work days (37.5 hours) of compensatory time at any given time for work performed in excess of 8 hours per day after the normal work hours of 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. This accumulation should be offset by whatever time is applicable for those employees who report for work later than 8:30 a.m. or who depart prior to 5 p.m. Once an employee has reached the maximum of five work days (37.5 hours) of accumulated compensatory time, any (other than normal) work hours performed beyond that number will not be credited, retained or carried over. This restriction is necessary because otherwise, public defenders could rather easily accumulate many months of compensatory time per annum. Whatever compensatory time an employee has accumulated up to a maximum of five work days (37.5 hours) will be retained and carried over from the end of a given fiscal/calendar year to the next fiscal/calendar year. Upon termination of employment, all accrued compensatory time will be lost to the employee without receipt of any monetary consideration for such time. Use - No more than one (1) work day (7.5 hours) of accrued compensatory time will be used in any given week when authorized d by the employee's Department Head/Chief Public Defender, and when the use of this privilege does not affect the orderly and efficient operation of the department as determined by management in directing its work forces. An employee is not precluded from accruing compensatory time while also using same during a given work week. The employee and management will both keep records of compensatory time accruals and use. This agreement is incorporated into the bargaining contract between the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners and the Washtenaw County Public Defenders Association.
