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WHEREAS, non-union or non-bargained-for employees and management employees in the Legislative Branch should not be excluded from any furlough requirement. The Legislative Branch of the County has: Non-union, One-day-per-month Annual non-bargained-for employees Savings Savings (x12) 43 $8,017 $96,204 A one-day-per-month furlough would provide a total annual savings of $96,204; and WHEREAS, certain rules should be applied to furloughed employees, such as: Allow any employee(s) to request voluntary furlough prior to implementing an involuntary furlough provided their appointing authority approves the taking of a furlough; 2. Designate an effective and termination dates for the furlough; 3. Provide a 5-work-days' notice before the furlough begins; 4. Time not worked during a furlough shall not be counted as work time for purposes of computing overtime; A furlough shall not constitute a break in continuous service; therefore, an employee's service date will not be adjusted; 6. The County shall continue to make the same premium contribution toward health, medical, dental, vision, and surgical benefits as is currently provided, and basic life insurance coverage during a period of furlough as though it was a period of paid work time for employees so as to not affect health or basic life insurance for these employees; 7. A furlough does not impact leave accrual rates (e.g. vacation); 8. A furlough shall not be used as a substitute for permanent part-time employment; 9. If an employee is on unpaid family and medical leave, there shall be no need to apply a furlough action; 10. Employees on furlough shall not be scheduled for stand-by or on-call duty; 11. Employees shall not be scheduled for furlough during periods of paid military leave; such employees may be scheduled for furlough upon return to work;