ARTICLE TWENTY-TWO
Nov 20, 2006 3:27 PM
WORKING CONDITIONS OF PER DIEM SUBSTITUTES
A. Applicability
Per diem substitutes covered by this Agreement are:
1. Full term substitutes: serving after the fifteenth day of the school term for the duration of that term in a full-time or regularly scheduled part-time position.
2. Other-than-occasional: covering the absence of a particular employee for thirty consecutive work days or more.
Per diem substitutes covered by this Agreement shall serve under the terms and conditions of this Agreement except as otherwise set forth in this Article or elsewhere in this Agreement.
B. Pro-Rata Vacation Pay
Per diem substitutes covered by this Agreement shall continue to receive vacation pay on the same basis as heretofore.
C. Welfare Benefits
Only those full-term per diem substitutes who are assigned to a position which is expected to be vacant for the remainder of the term shall be covered by Article 3E (Health Insurance and Welfare Benefits) of this Agreement. Counselors serving in a regularly scheduled part-time position (commonly known as F-status) will be entitled to full health and welfare benefits if scheduled to work for at least one-half of the regular full-time schedule for that particular title. Counselors in a regularly scheduled, but less than half-time position are not eligible for health insurance or welfare fund benefits.
D. Sick Leave
Per diem substitutes covered by this Agreement shall continue to receive sick leave on the same basis as heretofore.
E. Inapplicable Provisions
The following provisions of this Agreement shall not apply to any per diem substitute covered by this Agreement: Article Four A (Annuity Fund); Article Four B (Support for Program); Article Ten A (Cumulative Absence Reserves and Sick Leave), B,C,D (Sabbatical Leaves), E (Leaves of Absence Without Pay); Article Eleven (Excessing and Layoff) ; Article Twelve A (General Transfers); Article Fifteen E (Suspension); Article Fifteen G (3020-a Procedures).
F. Continuation of Benefits
Nothing contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be construed to deprive a per diem substitute of any benefit currently granted as a matter of Board policy and practice.
