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PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT
Section 1. Part time career or seasonal
employment and job sharing opportunities can help employees balance personal
needs with their professional responsibilities. It is the intent of the
Employer to make part-time career employment opportunities available,
consistent with the Employer's resource and operational requirements, for
employees who are full performance level controllers in their current
facility. Denials of requests for part-time employment will be discussed with
the employees, and they will be provided specific written reasons for denials.
While the Union recognizes the statutory rights of the Employer with respect
to the establishment of permanent part time or seasonal positions, such
positions have not previously existed. Should the Agency make the
determination to establish part time or seasonal positions as a condition of
employment, the Agency shall notify the union and negotiate to the extent
required by law and in accordance with Article
91, Mid-Term Bargaining.
Section 2. Except as provided in Section 3 below:
a. the tour of duty for a part-time employee
will be no less than sixteen (16) and no more than thirty-two (32) hours per
week;
b. the tour of duty for a part-time employee on an AWS may be set on the
basis of thirty-two (32) to sixty-four (64) hours per pay period and must
include at least one (1) hour in each workweek;
c. A seasonal employee is one who is employed less than twelve consecutive
months;
d. A seasonal employee may work part-time hours as defined in this section
or may work full time hours and schedules;
e. a part-time/seasonal employee's tour of duty will be documented on an
SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action;
Section 3. An increase of a part-time
employee's tour of duty above thirty-two (32) hours per week or sixty-four
(64) hours per pay period is not permitted for more than four (4) consecutive
pay periods. This does not preclude changing the employee's work schedule from
part-time to full-time on either a temporary or permanent basis in the event
of unexpected increases in workload.
Section 4. The Employer will not abolish any position occupied by an
employee in order to make the duties of such a position available to be
performed on a part-time career employment basis. This Section does not
preclude the Employer from permitting a full-time employee from voluntarily
changing to a part-time work schedule.
Section 5. Any person who is employed on a full-time basis shall not be
required to accept part-time or seasonal employment as a condition of
continued employment.
Section 6. A part-time employee receives a full year of service credit
for each calendar year worked (regardless of tour of duty) for the purpose of
computing service for retention, retirement, career tenure, within-grade
increases, leave accrual rate and time-in-grade restrictions on advancement.
Section 7. A part-time or seasonal employee shall accrue leave for each
year of service in accordance with Articles XX Annual Leave and XX Sick Leave
of this Agreement on a pro-rated basis. One Familiarization Flight may be
taken for every 320 hours worked.
Section 8. If a holiday falls on a day part-time employees are
scheduled to work and the employees do not work, they are paid at their basic
rates of pay for the numbers of hours scheduled for that day. Conversely, if a
holiday falls on a day part-time employees are not scheduled to work, the
employees are not entitled to compensation. If the employees work during their
scheduled hours on a holiday, they are entitled to holiday premium pay for
those hours scheduled.
Section 9. Before an employee is assigned to a part-time or seasonal
position, the Employer will brief the employee on the impact of this
assignment on the following: retirement, reduction-in-force, health and life
insurance, promotion, and pay.
Section 10. Placement of part-time or seasonal employees in the watch
schedule rotation pattern will be negotiated between the facility manager and
the local Union representative and shall not adversely impact the normal work
schedule rotation pattern of full-time employees.
Section 11. Payment of overtime for part-time employees is authorized
when the hours of work exceed forty (40) hours per work week, or eight (8)
hours per day unless an AWS provides otherwise.
Section 12. Part-time or seasonal employees shall be paid appropriate
premium pay and differentials for hours worked.
Section 13. In administering any personnel ceiling applicable to the
Agency, an employee employed on a part-time career or seasonal employment
basis shall be counted as a fraction which is determined by dividing forty
(40) hours into the average number of hours of such employee�s regularly
scheduled work week.
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