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Eligibility/Enrollment
In order to enroll an employee must:
In order to enroll an employee must:
• Be a classified or unclassified service employee in a title below
Salary Grade 25 or equated to a position below Salary Grade 25, or
be a non-statutory employee with an annual salary no greater than
the job rate of the Salary Grade 24;
• Be an employee covered by the 2016-2021 New York State/ CSEA
Collective Bargaining Agreements;
• Have a sufficient leave balance to make the full leave forfeiture at
the time of enrollment without bringing their combined annual and
personal leave balances below 8 days; and
• Be a NYSHIP enrollee (contract holder) in either the Empire Plan or
an HMO at the time of enrollment.
• Part-time employees who meet these eligibility requirements will be
eligible to participate on a prorated basis.
Once enrolled for a given year, employees continue to participate unless
they separate from State service or cease to be NYSHIP contract holders.
Leave forfeited in association with the program will not be returned, in
whole or in part, to employees who cease to be eligible for participation in
the program.
During any calendar year in which an employee participates, the credit
established upon enrollment in the program will be adjusted only if the
employee moves between individual and family coverage under NYSHIP
during that calendar year.
Open enrollment will be offered during the month of November of each
year PEP is offered. The exact dates of open enrollment will be established
by the Department of Civil Service. Employees will be required to submit
a separate enrollment for each calendar year in which they wish to
participate.
Calendar Years 2017 and 2018
• (SG 1-17) Full-time employees, up to and including SG-17 (or non-
statutory employees with an annual salary no greater than the job rate of
SG-17), who enroll in the program will be eligible to forfeit a total of either
3 or 6 days of annual and/or personal leave standing to their credit at the
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