payroll: SEIU Vacation Cash-Out

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The following memo was emailed this morning to all SEIU-represented 
employees. 
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November 15, 2010


MEMORANDUM

TO:		SEIU Classified Employees

FROM:		Randall D. Wardlow, Employee & Labor Relations Manager

SUBJECT:	VACATION CASH-OUT UNDER SEIU CONTRACT


I write to remind you of the change in the SEIU contract with respect to 
the opportunity to "cash out" vacation in January 2011.  As an 
SEIU-represented employee, you have the opportunity to "cash out" up to 40 
hours of vacation to be paid in January, provided you have a minimum of 80 
hours of accrued vacation leave remaining after the cash-out.  (SEIU-OUS 
Collective Bargaining Agreement, Article 47, Section 17)

The option to "cash out" vacation is not new to the contract; however the 
requirement that the request for the payment must be made no later than 
December 31 for the January 2011 payment was new to the FY 2009-2011 
contract.  The request to .cash out. vacation cannot be changed or revoked 
after December 31.  The language and procedural change was made to protect 
SEIU employees from unintended tax consequences.

The form to request a "cash-out" is available on the Human Resources 
website at:  http://hr.uoregon.edu/policy/cash%20out%20form.pdf

Please contact your payroll or human resources representative or me, 
rwardlow@uoregon.edu, (6-2965), if you have questions.


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