Section 420.330  Intermittents

a)         Intermittent Positions:  The Director of Personnel shall, as required to fulfill the operating needs of a department, establish intermittent positions to perform work seasonal in nature or to help in periods of increased workloads.  Intermittent positions shall not be established in lieu of permanent positions, but intermittent employees may substitute for absent employees.  Appointments will be made to intermittent positions in the same manner as appointments to other permanent positions.

b)         Limitations on Intermittent Employees:  An intermittent employee will be subject to the following limitations and conditions of employment, but will otherwise be covered by the full benefits of Jurisdiction A, B and C:

1)         Intermittents will work 800-1500 hours per year (12 month period).

A)        If, as a result of timekeeping error or omission in reporting hours worked, it is determined that an intermittent employee worked more than 1500 hours in the prescribed 12 month period, the employee shall immediately be placed in inactive status until the commencement of the next 12 month period, and the hours worked in the next 12 month period shall be reduced by the excess hours from the previous 12 month period.

B)        Intermittent employees offered less than 800 hours of work in any prescribed 12 month period shall be deemed suspended without cause and may grieve or appeal in accordance with the applicable rules regarding suspensions.

2)         There shall not be more than a 10% variance in hours scheduled from the current work schedule of employees in the same title and organizational unit in any 12-month period, unless approved by the Director of Personnel.  The Director will consider the operational needs of the department before approving work schedule changes.  Intermittent employees whose schedules vary more than 10% may grieve or appeal the schedule changes.  An effort will be made to balance the hours worked among intermittent employees of the same title within the same organizational unit.

3)         The continuous service of an intermittent employee shall be computed on the basis of hours worked, each 7½ hours being equivalent to one day.

4)         An intermittent employee shall accrue sick and vacation leave on a prorated basis, dependent upon the amount of time in pay status during a given month.

5)         Employees refusing to be scheduled 3 times in one calendar quarter shall be considered for discharge for failure to perform assigned duties, if given 24 hour notice of scheduling, unless proof of illness or death in the family is presented.

c)         Nothing in this Section shall be deemed to prevent a legitimate reorganization to promote the efficiency of the agency.  In the event a reorganization temporarily precludes full compliance with this Section, management shall have 6 months in which to revise its schedules in order to bring the schedules into compliance.

d)         An annual review of the intermittent program will be made by the Director of Personnel to insure compliance with this Part.

(Source:  Amended at 36 Ill. Reg. 13945, effective September 1, 2012)