§ 602.11102 — Accrued employee rights

Iowa § 602.11102

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title XV: JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES
• Ch. 602: JUDICIAL BRANCH

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1. Persons who were paid salaries by the counties or judicial districts immediately prior
to becoming state employees as a result of this chapter shall not forfeit accrued vacation,
accrued sick leave, or longevity, except as provided in this section.
2. As a part of its rulemaking authority under section 602.11101, the supreme court, after
consulting with the state comptroller, shall prescribe rules to provide for the following:
a. Each person referred to in subsection 1 shall have to the person’s credit as a state
employee commencing on the date of becoming a state employee the number of accrued
vacation days that was credited to the person as a county employee as of the end of the day
prior to becoming a state employee.
b. Each person referred to in subsection 1 shall have to the person’s credit as a state
employee commencing on the date of becoming a state employee the number of accrued days
of sick leave that was credited to the person as a county employee as of the end of the day
prior to becoming a state employee. However, the number of days of sick leave credited to
a person under this subsection and eligible to be taken when sick or eligible to be received
upon retirement shall not respectively exceed the maximum number of days, if any, or the
maximum dollar amount as provided in section 70A.23 that state employees generally are
entitled to accrue or receive according to rules in effect as of the date the person becomes a
state employee.
c. Commencing on the date of becoming a state employee, each person referred to in
subsection 1 is entitled to claim the person’s most recent continuous period of service in
full-time county employment as full-time state employment for purposes of determining
the number of days of vacation which the person is entitled to earn each year. The actual
vacation benefit, including the limitation on the maximum accumulated vacation leave, shall
be determined as provided in section 70A.1 according to rules in effect for state employees
of comparable longevity, irrespective of any greater or lesser benefit as a county employee.
d. Notwithstanding paragraphs “b” and “c”, for the period beginning July 1, 1984, and
ending June 30, 1986, court reporters who become state employees as a result of this chapter
are not subject to the sick leave and vacation accrual limitations generally applied to state
employees. However, court reporters are subject to the maximum dollar limitation upon
retirement as provided in section 70A.23.