Common use of Availability to Use Clause in Contracts

Availability to Use. PTO begins to accrue on the first day of the calendar month after an employee's date of hire, but may not be used until completion of three (3) calendar months of continuous employment with CDS as a bargaining unit employee. Thereafter, all hours are available for use beginning with the pay period following the month in which it is earned. PTO may not be taken before it is actually accrued. For Academic year employees, a maximum of three (3) days of PTO will be available for use as personal leave by an employee in a fiscal year and a total of eight (8) additional days of PTO can be used as personal leave during the breaks in the academic year that are traditionally taken in the months of December, February and April. Requests for personal leave shall follow the guidelines for Scheduled PTO set forth in Section 8 below. In the event a calendar year employee moves to an academic year position with an existing PTO balance, the employee's use of the existing PTO balance shall be in accordance with the provisions regarding use of PTO by an academic year employee. In the event such employee has existing plans to take more than two (2) consecutive days of PTO (i.e. for vacation), and the employee submits a written request to the Site Director to take such leave prior to moving to the academic year position, CDS may approve the PTO request based on the operational needs of the Regional Site. If there are more unapproved requests for PTO pending than the Site Director can permit due to operational needs, seniority shall determine who is allowed the time off. In the event an employee believes the Site Director's decision is unfair, the employee may appeal that decision to the State Director who, in the State Director's sole discretion, may modify the decision. In the event a full-time employee transfers to a part-time position (with a regular schedule of less than 20 hours), the employee will suffer no loss of accrued PTO and may use up to twenty-four (24) hours of their accrued PTO as Unscheduled PTO each year.

Availability to Use. PTO begins to accrue on the first day of the calendar month after an employee's ’s date of hire, but may not be used until completion of three (3) calendar months of continuous employment with CDS as a bargaining unit employee. Thereafter, all hours are available for use beginning with the pay period following the month in which it is earned. PTO may not be taken before it is actually accrued. [Applicable when CDS updates its HRIS system in Fall of 2024, all hours are available for use beginning with the pay period following the pay period in which it is earned.] For Academic year employees, a maximum of three five (35) days of PTO will be available for use as personal leave by an employee in a fiscal year and a total of eight fifteen (8) 15) additional days of PTO can be used as personal leave during the breaks in the academic year that are traditionally taken in the months of November, December, February and April. Requests Absent an emergency, illness or sudden necessity, requests for personal leave shall follow the guidelines for Scheduled PTO set forth in Section 8 below. In the event a calendar year employee moves to an academic year position with an existing PTO balance, the employee's ’s use of the existing PTO balance shall be in accordance with the provisions regarding use of PTO by an academic year employee. In the event such employee has existing plans to take more than two (2) consecutive days of PTO (i.e. for vacation), and the employee submits a written request to the Site Director to take such leave prior to moving to the academic year position, CDS may approve the PTO request based on the operational needs of the Regional Site. If there are more unapproved requests for PTO pending than the Site Director can permit due to operational needs, seniority shall determine who is allowed the time off. In the event an employee believes the Site Director's ’s decision is unfair, the employee may appeal that decision to the State Director who, in the State Director's ’s sole discretion, may modify the decision. In the event a full-time employee transfers to a part-time position (with a regular schedule of less than 20 hours), the employee will suffer no loss of accrued PTO and may use up to twenty-four (24) hours of their accrued PTO as Unscheduled PTO each year.

Availability to Use. PTO begins to accrue on the first day of the calendar month after an employee's ’s date of hire, but may not be used until completion of three (3) calendar months of continuous employment with CDS as a bargaining unit employee. Thereafter, all hours are available for use beginning with the pay period following the month in which it is earned. PTO may not be taken before it is actually accrued. For Academic year employees, a maximum of three (3) days of PTO will be available for use as personal leave by an employee in a fiscal year and a total of eight (8) additional days of PTO can be used as personal leave during the breaks in the academic year that are traditionally taken in the months of Decemberyear. Absent an emergency, February and April. Requests illness, or sudden necessity, requests for personal leave shall follow the guidelines for Scheduled PTO set forth in Section 8 below. In the event a calendar year employee moves to an academic year position with an existing PTO balance, the employee's ’s use of the existing PTO balance shall be in accordance with the provisions regarding use of PTO by an academic year employee. In the event such employee has existing plans to take more than two (2) consecutive days of PTO (i.e. for vacation), and the employee submits a written request to the Site Director to take such leave prior to moving to the academic year position, CDS may approve the PTO request based on the operational needs of the Regional Site. If there are more unapproved requests for PTO pending than the Site Director can permit due to operational needs, seniority shall determine who is allowed the time off. In the event an employee believes the Site Director's ’s decision is unfair, the employee may appeal that decision to the State Director who, in the State Director's ’s sole discretion, may modify the decision. In the event a full-time employee transfers to a part-time position (with a regular schedule of less than 20 hours), the employee will suffer no loss of accrued PTO and may use up to twenty-four (24) hours of their accrued PTO as Unscheduled PTO each year.