Common use of Off Payroll Clause in Contracts

Off Payroll. An employee's supervisor may grant time off payroll for short periods when it is necessary for the employee to be absent from duty and the employee has no accumulated leave credits. Off-payroll time ordinarily cannot exceed ten consecutive workdays. If an employee anticipates being unable to work for more than ten days, the employee must request a leave of absence under the provisions outlined above. Covered employees shall be eligible for up to two voluntary off payroll days per contract year without pay upon receiving the approval of their Clerk or designee. Unused off payroll days under this provision shall not accumulate from year to year. An employee who does not report for work or who is absent from duty during any portion of a workday and who does not have authorization for such absence shall be considered "absent without leave". Any such absence shall be without pay and, in addition, may be grounds for disciplinary action. However, an absence which is not authorized in advance later may be approved and leave granted retroactively if the circumstances warrant. An employee shall not accrue annual or sick leave credit for any pay period during which the employee is off the payroll for twenty (20) or more hours. An employee who is off payroll on the scheduled workday or portion thereof immediately prior to or following the day observed as a holiday and who does not work on such holiday shall not be eligible for holiday compensation. An employee who is off payroll on the scheduled workday or portion thereof immediately prior to or following the day observed as a holiday and who does not work on such holiday shall not be eligible for holiday compensation. However this provision shall not apply to any voluntary and pre-approved off-payroll up to two (2) days per calendar year.”