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defined in the Seniority Article of this Agreement.

(b) To assist in the scheduling of such vacation time off, departments,

agencies, institutions or other local operating units shall, upon request from
the CSEA Local, establish by September 1 of each contract year an annual

date or dates or period or periods by which or within which an employee
must request a block or blocks of time in order to have his or her seniority

considered. For purposes of this section, a block of time is defined as five
or more consecutive work days.

(c) Establishment of such dates or periods shall be worked out in
understandings between such departments, agencies, institutions or other

local operating units and the appropriate designee of CSEA unless they
mutually agree that such dates or periods are unnecessary or undesirable.

Failing agreement on establishing or not establishing such dates or periods,
the establishment of such dates or periods shall be referred by CSEA or the

State to a committee comprised of designees of the President of CSEA and
the Director of the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations for the

establishment of such dates or periods for the department, agency,
institution or other local operating unit involved.

§10.5 Vacation Use
Vacation credits may be used in such units of time as the appointing

authority may approve, but the appointing authority shall not require that
vacation credits be used in minimum units greater than one-quarter hour.

This provision shall not supersede any local arrangements which provide
for liquidation in smaller units of time.

§10.6 Vacation Credit Accumulation

(a) Vacation credits may be accumulated up to 40 days; provided,
however, that in the event of death, retirement or separation from service,
an employee compensated in cash for the accrued and unused accumulation

may only be so compensated for a maximum of 30 days.

(b) An employee’s vacation credit accumulation may exceed the
maximum, provided however, that the employee’s balance of vacation
credits may not exceed 40 days on April 1 of any year, except that on April

1, 2012 only, an employee’s balance of vacation credits may exceed 40

days but may not exceed 45 days.
§10.7 Sick Leave Accumulation

Employees who are entitled to earn and accumulate sick leave credits

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