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2016 CBA Tentati ve Agreement Page 67 of 217 Section 3. Except as provided in Section 4 below: a. the tour of duty for a part - time employee will be no less than sixteen (16) and no more than thirty - two (32) hours per week; and b. a part - time employee's tour of duty will be documented on an SF - 50, Notification of Personnel Action. Section 4. An increase of a part - time employee's tour of duty above thirty - two (32) hours per week or sixty - four (64) hours per pay period will be in accordance wit h HRPM LWS - 8.16. Section 5. If an employee working a temporary part - time schedule is directed by the Agency, or the employee requests, to return to a full - time schedule, a thirty (30) day notice shall be provided. Section 6. Any person who is employed o n a full - time basis shall not be required to accept part - time employment as a condition of continued employment. Section 7. A part - time employee receives a full year of service credit for each calendar year worked (regardless of tour of duty) for the purp ose of computing service for retention, retirement, career tenure, and leave accrual rate. Section 8. A part - time employee shall accrue leave for each year of service in accordance with LWS - 8.1, LWS - 8.3 and this Agreement, on a pro - rated basis. Section 9. Before an employee is assigned to a part - time position or a job share arrangement, the Agency will brief the employee on the impact of this assignment on the following: retirement, reduction - in - force, health and life insurance, promotion, and increases in pay. Upon request, the Agency shall provide this information to the employee in the form of a written fact sheet. Section 10. Placement of part - time employees in the watch schedule rotation pattern shall not adversely impact the normal work schedule ro tation pattern of full - time employees. Section 11. Employees who share a job are considered to be individual part - time employees for purposes of appointment, pay, classification, leave, holidays, benefits, position management, service credit, and reductio n - in - force. Job sharers will be limited to equally qualified employees in the same area/facility. Section 12. Employee requests to participate in job sharing must be made in writing to the employee's immediate supervisor. If the potential job sharers have the same supervisor, the request may be made jointly. If not, each employee must submit a separate request to his/her supervisor. The request must identify the job to be shared and the employees who propose to share it. The employee is responsible for loc ating a job share partner(s). Section 13. When, as part of its consideration of a job sharing request, the Agency meets with potential job sharing candidates, the Union will be notified and given an opportunity to be present during such meetings.

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