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The 2011–2016 Agreement between the State and CSEA includes a Deficit Reduction Plan for fiscal years 2011–2012 and 2012–2013. Under the agreement, CSEA-represented employees must take a total of five days’ unpaid Deficit Reduction Leave (DRL) over the remainder of contract year 2011–2012 and a total of four days’ unpaid leave during contract year 2012–2013, and receive reduced pay in each contract year.
   
The Division of Budget has implemented a plan to reduce all CSEA-represented employees’ pay by 3.333 percent for the remaining pay periods of fiscal year 2011–2012, beginning September 15, 2011, and continuing through March 31, 2012. Full-time employees will be credited with five days of DRL. The credit for part-time employees will be prorated.

DRL days will be added to a revised attendance record on September 15, 2011. The revised form can be found at www.buffalostate.edu/offices/hr/payroll.asp.

Employees must exhaust their five days of 2011–2012 DRL no later than March 31, 2012. Employees will receive a new allotment of four days of DRL for fiscal year 2012–2013, which must be used before the end of that fiscal year. 
 
An employee’s vacation balance normally may not exceed 40 days on April 1 of each year. For April 1, 2012, an employee’s vacation balance may increase to 45 days to accommodate the addition of DRL.

DRL is to be requested in advance and is subject to supervisory approval in the same manner as vacation and personal leave accruals. Time off can be approved for full days or quarter-hour increments. DRL credits may not be used to cover unscheduled absences such as calling in sick, but may be used for planned appointments, with prior supervisory approval, including medical appointments or scheduled absences normally charged to sick leave.

If you have any questions about Deficit Reduction Leave, you may call Emmanuel Hillery at ext. 4822, or the Payroll Office at ext. 4124.