Abuse of Paid Time Off Leave a. Abuse of PTO will be handled in accordance with established department policies.
Abuse of Paid Time Off Leave a. Excessive unscheduled use of PTO will be grounds for disciplinary action. When an employee's absences are such that the County has reasonable grounds to believe that an abuse exists, the employee will be notified in writing, by their department manager, of the suspected abuse, and thereafter may be required, regardless of the duration of the absence, to submit a satisfactory doctor's certificate or affidavit indicating the specific nature of the disability and its duration to the employee's department manager before such absence may be charged against the employee's accumulated PTO balance. Reasonable grounds of abuse include a pattern of numerous one-day absences throughout the year, particularly if leave is always taken on Mondays or Fridays; frequency of absences; low/zero accumulated PTO balance; and other patterns of abuse.
Abuse of Paid Time Off Leave. 2125 2126 a. Excessive unscheduled use of Paid Time Off will be grounds for disciplinary 2127 action. When an employee's absences are such that the Town has reasonable 2128 grounds to believe that an abuse exists, the employee will be notified in 2129 writing, by their department manager, of the suspected abuse, and thereafter 2130 may be required, regardless of the duration of the absence, to submit a 2131 satisfactory doctor's certificate or affidavit indicating the specific nature of the 2132 disability and its duration to the employee's department manager before such 2133 absence may be charged against the employee's accumulated PTO balance. 2134 Reasonable grounds of abuse include a pattern of numerous one-day absences 2135 throughout the year, particularly if leave is always taken on Mondays or 2136 Fridays; frequency of absences; low/zero accumulated PTO balance; and other 2137 patterns of abuse. 2138 2139 b. Further disciplinary action, up to and including termination, may be taken by 2140 the department manager when an employee's attendance continues to be 2141 unsatisfactory. 2143 c. Abuses in leave will be included on the employee's annual performance 2144 evaluation. 2145 2146 5. Carry-Over and Cash Payment of Paid Time Off
