Common use of Reduced Work Year Clause in Contracts

Reduced Work Year. The purpose of this program is to provide an alternative to early retirement for senior staff members who may wish to reduce their work year. 21.1.1 The following criteria shall be applied in selecting employees for a reduced work year. a. The employee must have reached the age of fifty-five (55) prior to a reduction in his/her workload. b. The employee must have been employed full-time in a certificated position for at least ten (10) years, and the employee must have been employed full- time in a certificated position at least five (5) years in the District prior to his/her participation in this program. 21.1.2 The terms and conditions of employment for employees employed at a reduced work year shall be as follows: a. The minimum reduced work year shall be the equivalent of one-half (1/2) the number of required certificated duty days required by the employee’s contract of employment during his/her final year of service in a full-time position. b. The structure of the reduced work year shall be mutually agreed upon by the employee and the District. Such options shall include but not be limited to, full day employment for at least one-half (1/2) of the school year or half- day employment for the entire school year. c. Reduced work year employment can be revoked only with the mutual consent of the District and the employee. d. A reduced work year employee may request, subject to other provisions in this Agreement, to seek early retirement. e. A reduced work year employee shall be paid on a pro rata basis according to his/her placement on the salary schedule, which he/she would be earning had he/she not elected to exercise the option of reduced work year employment. f. The District and the employee shall each pay the reduced work year employee’s STRS and Health Benefits at the same rate as regular work year employees for each year of his/her service as a reduced work year employee.

Reduced Work Year. The purpose of this program is to provide an alternative to early retirement for senior staff members who may wish to reduce their work year. 21.1.1 22.1.1 The following criteria shall be applied in selecting employees for a reduced work year. a. The employee must have reached the age of fifty-five (55) prior to a reduction in his/her workload. b. The employee must have been employed full-time in a certificated position for at least ten (10) years, and the employee must have been employed full- full-time in a certificated position at least five (5) years in the District prior to his/her participation in this program. 21.1.2 22.1.2 The terms and conditions of employment for employees employed at a reduced work year shall be as follows: a. The minimum reduced work year shall be the equivalent of one-half (1/2½) the number of required certificated duty days required by the employee’s contract of employment during his/her final year of service in a full-time position. b. The structure of the reduced work year shall be mutually agreed upon by the employee and the District. Such options shall include but not be limited to, full day employment for at least one-half (1/2½) of the school year or half- half-day employment for the entire school year. c. Reduced work year employment can be revoked only with the mutual consent of the District and the employee. d. A reduced work year employee may request, subject to other provisions in this Agreement, to seek early retirement. e. A reduced work year employee shall be paid on a pro rata basis according to his/her placement on the salary schedule, which he/she would be earning had he/she not elected to exercise the option of reduced work year employment. f. The District and the employee shall each pay the reduced work year employee’s STRS and Health Benefits at the same rate as regular work year employees for each year of his/her service as a reduced work year employee.

Reduced Work Year. The purpose of this program is to provide an alternative to early retirement for senior staff members who may wish to reduce their work year. 21.1.1 The following criteria shall be applied in selecting employees for a reduced work year. a. The employee must have reached the age of fifty-five (55) prior to a reduction in his/her workload. b. The employee must have been employed full-time in a certificated position for at least ten (10) years, and the employee must have been employed full- time in a certificated position at least five (5) years in the District prior to his/her participation in this program. 21.1.2 The terms and conditions of employment for employees employed at a reduced work year shall be as follows: a. The minimum reduced work year shall be the equivalent of one-half (1/2½) the number of required certificated duty days required by the employee’s contract of employment during his/her final year of service in a full-time position. b. The structure of the reduced work year shall be mutually agreed upon by the employee and the District. Such options shall include but not be limited to, full day employment for at least one-half (1/2½) of the school year or half- day employment for the entire school year. c. Reduced work year employment can be revoked only with the mutual consent of the District and the employee. d. A reduced work year employee may request, subject to other provisions in this Agreement, to seek early retirement. e. A reduced work year employee shall be paid on a pro rata basis according to his/her placement on the salary schedule, which he/she would be earning had he/she not elected to exercise the option of reduced work year employment. f. The District and the employee shall each pay the reduced work year employee’s STRS and Health Benefits at the same rate as regular work year employees for each year of his/her service as a reduced work year employee.