Common use of Emergency Day Clause in Contracts

Emergency Day. Once each calendar year, an employee who has worked for the Region for at least twelve (12) months may request approval for an emergency day off to address bona fide emergency situations that are not known in advance. The employee must submit a written request, with accompanying documentation, to Human Resources within five (5) calendar days of the emergency. If approved by Human Resources in its discretion, the emergency day will be charged against the employee’s annual PTO allotment, but shall not be counted as an occurrence under the Attendance Policy. Employees who have five (5) or more occurrences in the previous twelve (12) months and employees who have exhausted their PTO for the year are not eligible for an emergency day. A regular employee who transfers to per diem or temporary employee status shall re- ceive unused accrued PTO days in the next scheduled paycheck, provided that any PTO days used in advance of accrual will be deducted from the next sched- uled paycheck.

Emergency Day. Once each calendar year, an employee who has worked for the Region for at least twelve (12) months may request approval for an emergency day off to address bona fide emergency situations that are not known in advance. The employee must submit a written request, with accompanying documentation, to Human Resources within five (5) calendar days of the emergency. If approved by Human Resources in its discretion, the emergency day will be charged against the employee’s annual PTO allotment, allotment but shall not be counted as an occurrence under the Attendance Policy. Employees who have five (5) or more occurrences in the previous twelve (12) months and employees who have exhausted their PTO for the year are not eligible for an emergency day. [note: The Parties agreed to provide an instructional Memo to all employees on an improved emergency day off process] A regular employee who transfers to per diem or temporary employee status shall re- ceive receive unused accrued PTO days in the next scheduled paycheck, provided that any PTO days used in advance of accrual will be deducted from the next sched- uled scheduled paycheck.