General Policy
In order to recognize the value of prior St. Edward's University employment, the university will credit prior eligible SEU service for the purposes of benefits and salary.

Eligibility
All regular employees are eligible for prior service credit.

Basis
All identifiable prior SEU regular employment will be used to determine the total number of months of prior service. A partial month will count as one full month's credit. (Regular employment is generally defined as an appointment one-half time or greater for 6 months or longer. By definition, temporary appointments are non-regular employment and, as such, are ineligible to establish prior service credit. However, should the employment of a temporary employee extend to more than 6 months without a break in service, each otherwise benefits-eligible month becomes "regular" service and is counted for prior service credit.

Application
Prior Service Credit will impact eligibility for benefits and salary where length of service is a factor. This may include such things as eligibility for the retirement plan, long term disability, annual leave accrual, annual salary adjustments, service recognition awards, etc.

Procedure
After eligible employees self-identify, a records search will be conducted. Eligible verified service will be calculated in full month increments and an adjusted employment date determined. This date will be used when appropriate.

EX. I: Employee A has two separate periods of prior employment:

1/14/98 - 8/23/98 Work Study Student
11/28/00 - 3/12/01 Library Assistant

Employment as a Work Study Student does not count. Although the Library Assistant position was occupied less than 6 months, the appointment was regular (half-time or greater, 6 months or longer); therefore, the time counts. The first and last partial months count as one full month each.

Employee A has five months prior service credit. Upon regular re-employment 8/21/02, the adjusted employment date would become 3/21/02. Employee A would be credited with 10 hours of annual leave per month beginning 4/1/03 and would be eligible to join the retirement plan 4/1/04.

EX. II: Employee B had no break in service but did have a change in status that affected benefits eligibility.

9/10/99 - 5/20/00 Regular employment
5/21/00 - 8/21/00 Less than half time
8/22/00 - current Regular employment

Employee B has nine months of prior credit (the only ineligible months are 6/00 and 7/00). The adjusted employment date would become 11/22/99. Employee B would be credited with 10 hours of annual leave per month beginning 12/01/99 and would be eligible to join the retirement plan 12/01/01.

Note: Because of laws regarding retirement plans and contractual practices or insurance premium due dates, new employees who request a records search after their first month of reemployment may have a delayed effective date on adjusted benefits.