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Guidelines for State Government
Participation
- Participation in the TERI program is the voluntary choice of eligible employees.
- Participants in the TERI program retain the same status and employment rights they held upon entering the program except for grievance rights pursuant to Section 8-17-370 and reduction in force rights for those participants who entered the program after June 6, 2005. TERI program participants who were in FTE positions prior to entering the program will usually continue to occupy an FTE position and they retain the same rights to their positions they held prior to entering the program. In addition to occupying FTE positions, TERI program participants may also occupy temporary, temporary grant, or time limited positions.
- The program period for participation in the TERI program is a maximum of five years.
- While program participants retain the same rights to their positions they held prior to entering the program, participation in the TERI program does not guarantee employment for the specified program period.
Annual Leave and Sick Leave
- Up to 90 days of unused sick leave may be applied to a state employee's service credit upon retirement and entering the TERI program. The employee's leave balances will be reduced by the amount of sick leave used to calculate the employee's retirement benefit.
- Participants in the TERI program will be eligible to earn and use annual leave and sick leave if they are in positions that are eligible for leave benefits. TERI program participants who are eligible for leave benefits will earn annual leave at the rate consistent with their years of state service for leave accrual purposes. State service while participating in the TERI program will constitute state service for bonus leave accrual purposes.
- Upon termination of employment, a TERI program participant who has earned annual leave will be eligible to be paid for up to 45 days of unused annual leave and all unused sick leave will be forfeited.
Salary, Rights, and Benefits
- Employees who enter the TERI program gain no new employment rights and are subject to the employment policies and procedures associated with whatever position(s) they occupy during the program period, to include those policies and procedures related to salary and benefits.
- Participants in the TERI program retain all rights and benefits they held upon entering the program except for grievance rights pursuant to Section 8-17-370 and reduction in force rights for those participants who entered the program after June 6, 2005. If a TERI employee is separated due to a reduction in force and begins receiving his retirement benefits, his participation in the TERI program ends.
- Participants in the TERI program are eligible for active state employee health insurance benefits and active employee group life insurance benefits; however, they are not eligible for disability retirement benefits.
Break in Service and Termination of Employment
- The State Human Resources Director will consider all requests from agencies for break in service extensions for employees.
- A participant in the TERI program in a state agency will be considered to have terminated employment when he experiences a break in service.
- State agencies have the responsibility to notify the Retirement System when a TERI employee terminates and is paid out for unused annual leave.
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