Short-Term Emergency Furloughs. In the event the District is faced with the temporary shutdown of state or federal government and the associated temporary elimination of District funding, the District is authorized to implement short-term furloughs on an emergency basis, applicable to those employees affected by the funds being temporarily eliminated. In response to such an emergency, the District is authorized to implement temporary hours reductions or temporary furloughs of affected employees. Such temporary actions require a minimum of seven (7) calendar days’ notice to affected employees and will last no longer than fourteen (14) calendar days. Affected employees will not have the option to displace other employees and will not be placed on a recall list. If temporarily-eliminated funding is restored in part, such that affected employees in a particular program who hold the same duties and are subject to the same funding source can be restored in part, then recall shall be based on seniority on a per-program basis. Affected employees on a temporary furlough will continue to receive medical and other insurance benefits on the terms applicable immediately prior to the temporary hours reduction or furlough and will maintain the leave balances accrued at the time of the temporary hours reduction or furlough (i.e., leave balances will not be cashed out). Affected employees may elect to use accrued paid vacation leave during a temporary hours reduction or temporary furlough.
