To UCPEA members:
The following information is being provided to all UCPEA bargaining unit members to clarify the process of earning compensatory time on a working holiday when there is an early release or late opening.
Article 8 of the UCPEA contract states: Any employee who is required to work on a legal holiday shall be granted a compensatory day for that holiday to be taken by the end of the succeeding calendar year at a time mutually agreed to by the parties.
A recent arbitrator’s stipulated award, spelled out that when there is a late opening or an early closing on a holiday when an employee is scheduled to work, UCPEA members will earn compensatory time equivalent to the time they actually work on the holiday.
For example, if the University opened ¼ day late on Washington’s Birthday, those UCPEA bargaining unit members who report to work consistent with the late opening and work the remainder of the work day would record the day as: ¼ H, ¾ H+. If an employee chose to report to work at their regular starting time despite the late opening, they would accrue the holiday as: 1 H+.
Jay Hickey
The Office of Faculty and Staff Labor Relations
(W) 860-486-0258
(Fax) 860-486-3390
(E) Jay.Hickey@UConn.edu
For more information, contact: the Office of Faculty & Staff Labor Relations at 860-486-5684