Agmt11 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 521

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TENTATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF REDWOOD CITY SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION (SEIU) LOCAL 521 Chanaes subiect to aareement bv other Citv barpaininq units. If there is a failure to reach aareement with other Citv bargainina units, the City will provide the Union with a side letter statinq that the proaram is entirelv voluntarv and not mandatorv in anv wav. ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY: VOLUNTARY TIME OFF PROGRAM PURPOSE The primary purpose of this policy is to provide a method to the City to reduce personnel costs without reductions in the workforce. Participation in this proaram is voluntarv. POLICY It is the policy of ihe City of Redwood City to provide options to Department Heads during difficult economic times through the establishment of a Voluntary Time Off (VTO) program. ELIGIBILITY The VTO program is to be offered only to specific regular full-time employees solely at the discretion of the Department Heads, based upon a thorough analysis of their respective budgets and staffing needs. VTO will not be offered across-the-board to all employees. Participation is subject to the approval of the Department Head and the Human Resources Director. NOTIFICATION Workers interested in oarticipatinq in the VTO proaram in the upcominq fiscal vear will notifv their Deqartment Heads bv e-mail bv Februarv 15 . Bv March 1 Department Heads will notifv workers bv e-mail of their eliqibilitv for qarticiqation in the VTO orooram in the upcomina fiscal vear. Workers wishinq to participate in the VTO proaram will confirm oarticiqation bv March 15 PARTICIPATION PERIOD The participation period shall coincide with the City's fiscal year of July 1 to June 30' Employees electing to participate in the VTO program shall commit to participate in the VTO program for a minimum period of one fiscal year. Participation in the VTO program will be renewed annually, subject to the approval of the Department Head. Page 28 of 30 � g �) v.i$I�` � I