Why do special education assistants hired before 2000 have 2000 or later as their seniority date?
Special ed assistants who were timesheeted became regular payroll employees and members of the NESPA bargaining unit during the 2000-2003 contract. At that time, they were given “salary credit” (steps on the salary schedule) for their timesheet years, but not “seniority credit” — their seniority date is the first day of the school year in which they were hired on the regular (non-timesheet) payroll. Seniority only matters in the event of a Reduction In Force (layoffs), where the last hired are the first let go, so it is pretty much moot for the formerly timesheeted special ed assistants, as there are now several years’ worth of people hired later than them. District seniority has nothing to do with IMRF pension service credit. Timesheet employees get IMRF benefits by state law if they work 600 hours per year.
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