WDLT Employee Handbook

PAID TIME OFF (PTO)

Unscheduled PTO (UPTO):

Time off requests made within six (6) hours of a scheduled work shift will be

treated as Unscheduled Paid Time Off (UPTO) if the employee has PTO hours

available. If the employee calls out and does not have PTO available to use, the

unscheduled occurrence will be unpaid.

The employee will be charged with an unscheduled absence occurrence - regardless

of PTO usage or not - and may receive disciplinary action including and up to

termination per our Attendance Policy.

Each occurrence of UPTO will last the duration of the time the employee is out of

the office. Examples:

An employee calls out sick the morning of their scheduled work shift/run and

is out for three days. This will count as one (1) unscheduled occurrence.

An employee calls out sick six (6) hours before their scheduled work shift/run.

They come to work the next day they are scheduled but call out the following

day for another scheduled work shift/run. This will count as two (2)

occurrences.

Calling Out for the Same Day(s)/Time(s) as Denied PTO Request:

While we would like to grant all employees their PTO when they would like to take

it, it is not always possible to do so based on business needs. PTO requests are

approved based on business need and on the order they are received.

If an employee calls out for the same date and time they originally requested and

were denied through our PTO approval process, regardless of how much notice they

provide, disciplinary action may result including and up to termination.

For example, if an employee requested to use PTO for their Monday and Tuesday

work shifts but was denied, the employee calls-out of work, regardless of how much

notice they provide, they may receive an unscheduled absence occurrence and

disciplinary action including and up to termination.

Required Hours of Work and PTO Usage:

Employees who do not work the minimum hours associated with their pay

class/role for a work week (Sunday 12:00am – Saturday, 11:59pm), will have PTO

added to their timesheet for the week.

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