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Local 590
Representing the Library Support Staff at the
University of Pennsylvania since 1969.
District Council 47, American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO — 1606 Walnut Street, Philadelphia PA 19103-5482 — (215) 546-9880
 

a.     Part-time employees who regularly work more than twenty (20) hours per week shall become members of
        the bargaining unit.
b.     Such part-time employees shall accumulate units of service on the basis of their hours and be paid on the
        basis of the classification rates.
c.     If such a part-time employee becomes a full time employee, such part-time hours shall be accumulated
        and added to University, Library and Working Unit seniority as a full time employee.
d.     A position which is vacant because of the employee’s being on leave may be filled by students or part-
        time employees. Similarly, the work of a position which has just been vacated and waiting to be
        permanently filled may be performed by students or part-time employees. If such vacancies occur in the
        summer, they may be temporarily filled on a full time basis by student employees.
e.     Students may be employed in the summer months to fill vacancies, to work on special projects, to fill in
        for those on vacation, to work in the public service departments performing those functions normally
        carried out by student assistants, or to perform other work deemed necessary.

Section 3. Part-time employees and students who work either regularly throughout the year more than twenty
(20) hours per week or part-time employees who work only during the summer months more than twenty (20)
hours per week are covered by the provisions of this Agreement, except as limited or modified in the following
paragraphs. Those working throughout the year on a more than twenty (20) hours per week basis will be referred to
in the following paragraphs as “regular part-time employees”. Those part-time employees working in the summer
months for more than twenty (20) hours per week will be referred to as “summer part-time employees.”

a.     Health, Welfare, and Education. Neither regular part-time nor summer part-time employees are eligible
        for any of the benefits entered under the Health, Welfare, and Education provisions under Article XX
        and similarly they are not eligible for participation in the Major Medical Plan.
b.     Holidays. If a holiday listed in Article XVIII falls on a day on which regular or summer part-time
        employees are normally scheduled to work, they are entitled to payment for the number of hours they
        would normally work on that particular day.
c.     Sick Leave. Regular part-time and summer part-time employees are eligible for sick days on the basis of
        one (1) day per month and on a pro-rated basis if their schedules are less than thirty five (35) hours per
        week. Only regular part-time employees are eligible for the accumulation of sick leave beyond one (1) year
        as specified in the Agreement. The Long Term Disability Plan is not applicable to either regular or
        summer part-time employees.
d.     Leaves of Absence. The only leaves that the summer part-time employees are entitled to are: (i) leaves for
        death in the family, pro-rated according to the schedule in Article XV, and (ii) one (1) personal leave day
        after being employed a minimum of three (3) months on a more than twenty (20) hours per week basis,
        pro-rated according to the employee’s schedule. The regular part-time employee is eligible for the
        following on a pro-rated basis according to his/her schedule: (i) leaves for death in the family, (ii) leaves
        for jury duty, (iii) leaves for military reserve duty as described in the Agreement, and (iv) one (1) personal
        leave day after being employed a minimum of three (3) months.
e.     Vacations. Regular and summer part-time employees are entitled to one (1) vacation day per month, pro-
        rated if the work week is less than thirty five (35) hours, after they have been employed a minimum of
        three (3) months on a more than twenty (20) hours per week basis.
f.     Rest Breaks. Part-time employees are entitled to one (1) rest break for each half day worked.
g.     Filing Restrictions. The ninety (90) minute restriction on filing cards in any half day, which is set forth in
        Article XXIII, Section 19, applies only if the regular or summer part-time employee works more than two
        (2) hours at any one time.
h.     Borrowing Privileges. The regular part-time and summer part-time employees are entitled only to normal
        borrowing privileges, i.e., either staff privileges like other University employees or student privileges,
        whichever is applicable.

ARTICLE IV ~ UNION SECURITY AND CHECK-OFF

Section 1. All present and future employees covered by this Agreement shall, as a condition of employment, be
required to become Union members thirty (30) days after being employed. Employees who fail to comply with this
requirement shall be discharged by the University within thirty (30) days after receipt of written notice to the
University by the Union.

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