Earned Time. Program employees shall be granted ninety-six (96) hours of earned time on January 1 of each year. Employees who begin the Program during the course of the year will have the 96 hours prorated. Earned time remaining in the Program employees’ Earned Time bank at the end of each calendar year will not be carried forward, but will be put in their Earned Time reserve account. The Earned Time taken (up to 96 hours) in the year will be paid at the same rate paid for weekend hours worked. Employees transferring into the Program will be allowed to transfer existing Earned Time into an Earned Time reserve account until such a time when they would leave the Program or terminate employment. Program employees are eligible for the Earned Time cash-back feature from their Earned Time reserve account after twenty-three (23) consecutive months of employment and provided there are one- hundred twenty (120) hours of Earned Time in this account. Program employees shall be allowed to use their Earned Time Reserve Account in emergent circumstances with nurse manager and Director prior approval. Such Earned Time hours taken shall be paid at the base hourly rate.
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