State employees can still sign up for voluntary furlough days

AFSCME members can still sign up for days off in the ongoing voluntary furlough program and earn “incentive days.”

 

State employees who take voluntary unpaid furlough days anytime until June 30, 2011 can earn paid days off in conjunction with major holidays.

 

Employees can submit requests for unpaid furlough days on a form provided by their agency. Requests will be approved on a first-come, first served basis (if submitted on the same day, seniority shall prevail).

 

For every two furlough days taken, employees earn one paid day off: The first is Nov. 24, 2010; the second, Dec. 23, 2010; the third, Dec. 30, 2010; the fourth, July 5, 2011; and the final is a personal day, to be taken after Jan. 1, 2012.

 

The furlough days required to earn an incentive day must be taken before that day. More than 10 furlough days can be taken, but no additional incentive days are earned.

 

If a requested furlough day is denied, the employer is obligated to meet with the employee to reach an agreed alternative date. If no date is agreed on, the employee does not have to take a furlough day.

 

RC-6, RC-9 and CU500 and all DES employees represented by AFSCME are not included in this program.

 

So far, 11,376 furlough days have been requested.