On February 27, 2025, SEIU Local 1000 conducted a Meet and Confer with State Fund management regarding the Performance Award Leave Balance Reduction notice that was received in December 2024. The notice indicated that employees who are over the 640-hour vacation/ annual leave cap would need to draw down those balances to be eligible for the 2025 bonus year. In order to facilitate a quicker and more efficient drawdown, the team passed a proposal to have a one-time cashout of vacation/annual leave for 2025.
On May 15, 2025, State Fund rejected our proposal citing CalHR suspending the leave buyout program for this fiscal year. At this time there is no ability to exercise a leave buyout.
We understand the workload pressure this reduction program may have and ask that you please do your level best to bring down your vacation balances for 2025.
If you have any challenges getting vacation requests approved (especially if you are approaching or are over 640 hours), please reach out to your respective unit at Unit 1 inbox: [email protected] or Unit 4 inbox: [email protected] to make us aware. We will try to assist in any way possible. You can call also contact the Member Resource Center at 866-471-7348 to be put in contact with the chair for your Bargaining Unit.