Excuses. (1) Employees are expected to leave for work sufficiently in advance of the scheduled start time to allow for unforeseen mishaps or delays. Employees are expected to have reliable means of transportation to work. Examples of mishaps which shall not form the basis for an excused Tardy include power failures, time changes, flat tires, dead batteries, and mechanical failure discovered by the employee when he/she leaves for work on the day in question or normal traffic delays. If an employee takes public transportation and takes at least the second schedule back to get to work on time, the Tardy will be excused where the public system was responsible for the tardy situation. (2) If the employee through no fault of their own cannot work, cannot arrive at work on time and cannot report their absence in advance a Tardy may be excused. (3) The employee requesting the excused Tardy bears the burden of documenting all material facts constituting the claimed excuse. Such documentation must be submitted to the District as soon as it is available but in no case later than seven (7) days from the day of the Tardy.
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Sources: Labor Agreement, Labor Agreement