26.1 This article applies only to employees filling positions designated as “cruise.”

26.2 This article supersedes all existing side letters of agreement between the parties pertaining to cruise employees.

26.3 For cruise employees at the California Maritime Academy, one year of service is equivalent to an academic year plus one cruise.

26.4 Employees serving in a cruise year appointment do not accrue vacation credits and are not eligible for paid vacation.

26.5 Employees who are in a cruise year appointment are entitled to all days designated in the campus academic calendar as academic holidays, or any other day designated by the Governor for a public fast or holiday. If the time base is less than full-time, this provision will be applied on a pro rata basis.

26.6 At the completion of a worked cruise, cruise employees earn forty (40) hours of CTO to be used during the following calendar year terms.

26.7 Any current employee with vacation and/or personal leave credits remaining from January 1993 may continue to schedule such leaves in accordance with Article 14. At the discretion of the appropriate administrator, all or a portion of unused personal leave credits may be cashed out at the employee’s salary rate at the time the personal leave payment is made. Upon termination from employment, the employee shall be paid for unused personal leave credits in the same manner as vacation. Cash out of lump sum payments for personal leave credit shall not be considered as compensation for purposes of retirement.

Incidental Pay Premium

26.8 Cruise employees are to receive five dollars ($5.00) per day incidental pay for each day worked on a California Maritime Academy Cruise.

Cruise Employee Reimbursement

26.9 If employees are required to obtain or renew their passport, the cost of doing so shall be reimbursed.

26.10 If the CMA requires Merchant Mariner’s Document (Z card), the cost to obtain or renew the card shall be reimbursed by CMA.

26.11 If an employee is required to pay for an x-ray as part of the tuberculosis screening in order to receive a “maritime credential,” the cost of the x-ray shall be reimbursed by CMA.