<div dir="ltr">We did not give additional time due to EPL, <u>except</u> for those that did not earn ANY paid leave prior to its implementation (ex. subs or part-time employees).<div><br></div><div>For SUBS of part-time employees, we created an EPL leave code that calculates and adds EPL for each hour worked. It is not front-loaded, it's earned as they work.<br><div><br></div><div>All others are front-loaded, same as their usual paid leave:</div><div>We converted the personal days to the equivalent number of hours as EPL. No more personal days. ex. 2 Personal days are now 16 hours of EPL instead..</div><div>For school year full-time employees, we converted 3 days of sick leave (in addition to the former personal leave) to add up to 40 hours. So they do not get MORE time, we just converted some of the existing leave they had to an EPL category of leave, which provides for it being used on an hourly basis. So If they previously had 10 sick days and 2 personal days, now they have 7 sick days and 40 hours of EPL. No more personal.</div><div><br></div><div>For Year-round employees who earn vacation, we converted 2 personal days and 3 vacation days to equal 40 hours of EPL. So instead of getting 10 days of vaca and 2 personal days, they now get 7 days vaca and 40 hours of EPL.</div></div><div><br></div><div>Attached is an example of the language in our Teachers' CBA.</div><div><br></div><div>Lucie</div><div>VUESC (service MSAD 27, MSAD 33 and the Madawaska School Dept)</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Sep 14, 2023 at 12:56 PM Sue Lambert <<a href="mailto:slambert@msad49.org" target="_blank">slambert@msad49.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">1. Would any of you be willing to share with me the wording in your EPL that is in your bargaining contracts regarding EPL? <div><br></div><div>2. Also, do you use an EPL leave form either a paper form or on an employee portal and do you double post EPL to other leave banks for those that already have leave (like sick time) in order to track sick time used as EPL?</div><div><br></div><div>3. Did your school dept increase the # of personal days in order to not have to also track EPL? Or did you do away with separate categories and just lump leave time into something like Paid Leave?</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>You can send the info to me directly if you prefer. <br></div><div><br></div><div>~Sue</div><div dir="ltr">Sue Lambert<div>MSAD #49</div><div>Accounting Coordinator</div><div>8 School St</div><div>Fairfield, ME 04937<br></div><div>207-453-4200 x3109<br></div><div>207-453-0110 FAX</div><div>For in-district direct dial: 3109</div><div><img width="96" height="91" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4yXZ8gtR4IT99iF75CrHmj_cB_Z7iccywY7C4Sw0G-44GwkGq-BnZqsLCFQVJyruZdslSFC2FE"><br><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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