Common use of Community Service Program Leave Clause in Contracts

Community Service Program Leave. GCTD may approve the use of paid vacation and/or compensatory time for emergency leave requests by an employee actively involved in a public agency sponsored community service program relating to emergency search and rescue programs, provided that the following requirements are met: A. The employee must provide evidence that they are an active volunteer for a Public Agency sponsored community service program relating to emergency search and rescue. B. The employee must receive written authorization from his/her immediate supervisor. The authorization shall not be orally and must be communicated in person between the employee and the immediate supervisor. C. Under no condition shall GCTD be obligated to pay premium time pay for the employee during the time of his/her participation in the community service program. D. Within one week (5 calendar days) upon return to work at GCTD, the employee shall provide written verification on the letterhead of the public agency sponsoring the emergency search and rescue program, and signed by a supervisor of that agency, stating that the employee was performing a specific emergency search and rescue function. E. The public agency sponsoring the emergency search and rescue program shall certify in writing that GCTD be held harmless in the event that the participating GCTD employee is injured, becomes ill or otherwise is incapacitated as a result of performing any and all of the public agency safety service activities. F. The employee must have sufficient vacation time and/or compensatory time accrued for this leave to be granted.