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(B) Cap on Benefits: Employees are encouraged to use all earned Personal
Days each year. The maximum benefits an hourly employee may have at any
time shall equal two years' accumulated Personal Days, at lhe employee's
current annual Personal Days accrual rate.
The maximum benefits an exempt employee may have at any time shall equal for
exempt employees with less than 3 years service 80.08 hours; and for exempt
employees witl1 more than 3 years service 160 hours.
If an employee's earned but unused Personal Day accrual reaches the
maximum, the employee will not accrue any additional benefits. If the employee
later uses enough of their Personal Days to fall below lhe maximum, slhe will
resume earning Personal Days from that date forward. In such a ease,-no
benefits will be earned for the period in which {h'e employee's benefits were at
the maximum.
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(e) Using Personal Days: Requests for Personal Days should be submitted in
writing at least two weeks in advance to the supervisor. When possible,
Personal Days are granted, taking into account operating requirements. Personal
Days must be taken in increments of no less than a day, except in cases of
illness or injury as described below, or by specific approval of your supervisor. A
day is equal to the hours the employee is regularly scheduled to work, and in no
case are overtime hours considered hours for which an employee is regularly
scheduled. Length of employment may determine priority in scheduling Personal
Days. The company may schedule an employee's Personal Days if the employee
fails to schedule Personal Days with the supervisor or if the company deems
such action appropriate. Employees may not receiVe pay in lieu of taking
Personal Days, except on termination of employment.
(0) Use of Personal Days for IIInessllnjury/Emergency: Personal Days are
available for employees to use when the employee is ill or injured or has an
emergency. Employees who are l!nable to report to work due to personal illness,
injury· or emergency must contact their supervisor as soon as possible and no
later than one hour prior to the employee's normal starting time. Failure to follow
these procedure~ will result in treatment of the day as an unexcused absence
and can result in disciplinary action as well.
An hourly employee who becomes ill, injured or has an emergency during the
work day such that slile must leave work, must use any accrued Personal Day
hours for the hours of scheduled work missed. The employee shall not be
permitted to return to work until the following workday, unless the employee has
the permission of the supervisor. Employees who are absent for longer than
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