{"id":1294,"date":"2022-03-08T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T14:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/?p=1294"},"modified":"2022-03-11T10:17:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T15:17:49","slug":"latest-news-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-40-no-2\/latest-news-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest news you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1298 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/News-Story.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"151\" \/>Put in to use your carried over vacation accruals<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:336,&quot;335559739&quot;:336,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Eligible members impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and unable to use vacation accruals have until December 31, 2022, to use carried over vacation that would have been forfeited on April 1, 2020 and April 1, 2021.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:336,&quot;335559739&quot;:336,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Carried-over accruals from April 2020, April 2021 and April 2022 will have to be used by December 31, 2022, to avoid forfeiture. No one should have had carried-over accruals forfeited on or after January 1, 2022.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:336,&quot;335559739&quot;:336,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The vacation accrual cap of 40 days was increased to 50 days for one-year effective April 1, 2022 and reverts to 40 days on April 1, 2023.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:336,&quot;335559739&quot;:336,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Vacation credits earned on or after April 1, 2022, are not impacted by these extensions or the December 31, 2022, deadline.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:336,&quot;335559739&quot;:336,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">If you are unsure about your balance of carried over accruals, you should request that information from your agency. 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