Absences Excused with Pay Clause Samples
The "Absences Excused with Pay" clause defines the circumstances under which an employee may be absent from work without loss of pay. Typically, this clause outlines specific situations such as illness, bereavement, jury duty, or other approved reasons where the employee's absence is considered justified and their regular wages are maintained. By clearly specifying which absences are excused and paid, this clause ensures both employer and employee understand their rights and obligations, reducing disputes and promoting fairness in workplace attendance policies.
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Absences Excused with Pay. All leaves of absence (union activity time, jury duty, funeral leave) paid or unpaid, will be made on the basis of a five-day work week.
Absences Excused with Pay. A. In addition to other provisions of this Agreement calling for absences with pay, employees shall be excused without loss of regular pay for absences due to, and in conformity with, any of the following:
Absences Excused with Pay. A. Excusals for Military Duty
1. Employees who are members of the National Guard, or reserve components of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard, and who are excused when called out with their military units for normal training periods or emergency service or when ordered to participate individually in training activities shall be paid the amount, if any, by which their basic company pay exceeds government pay. For this purpose, government pay will include basic pay, pay for special or hazardous duty and, for those with dependents the difference between quarters allowance established for members of the uniformed services with dependents and those established for members of the uniformed services with equal rank without dependents.
2. Requests to be excused for military training or duty involving absences of more than two (2) weeks in any one (1) year will be considered individually.
3. It is not the intent of any of the foregoing to provide such payments for more than ten (10) workdays in any one (1) year, unless such payments are approved by the president or vice president.
4. Participation in active training or emergency duty under the conditions outlined above shall not affect the regular vacation to which the employee may be entitled.
Absences Excused with Pay. A. In the unfortunate event of the death of an immediate family member, an employee is provided time off with pay to grieve, assist in making arrangements and/or to attend the funeral or services of a close relative. The length of time off shall not exceed: Five scheduled workdays for the following immediate family members: spouse, domestic partner, father, mother, son, daughter (includes step-parents and stepchildren), grandchild. Such payment shall be for a maximum of 40 hours. Three scheduled workdays for the following immediate family members: brother, step- brother, sister, step-sister, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, grandmother, grandfather, grandmother-in-law, grandfather- in-law, aunt, and uncle. Employees shall receive pay at their base rate of pay for the hours they were scheduled to work. Additional time off without pay may be granted at the discretion of the Company. Such time off will begin on the day of the death to and including the day after the funeral. If a death or funeral of a member of the employee’s immediate family occurs during the employee’s vacation, the employee will be allowed to use funeral leave and reschedule the remainder of his/her vacation if time and service requirements permits.
B. Any regular employee lawfully summoned to report for jury service, or subpoenaed to appear as a witness in court, and who actually performs jury service, or appears as a witness, will be paid by the Company at his straight time rate of pay for such regular time he is required to be absent from duty provided that -
1. Such employee notifies his immediate supervisor of the receipt of such summons or subpoena on the employee's first working day following receipt of such summons or subpoena -- unless prevented from so doing by conditions beyond the employee's control -- and is assigned, or reassigned, to a regular 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. shift for the period of such service, and is assigned or reassigned to a Monday to Friday period.
2. Any such employee who on any day is excused from such jury or witness duty, at a time that will permit him to return to work for a part of the day, shall communicate with his immediate supervisor (outside the Bargaining Unit) for such assignment as is reasonable under the circumstances.
3. Employees may keep the jury duty stipend received from the court.
Absences Excused with Pay. A. In addition to other provisions of this Agreement calling for absences with pay, employees shall be excused without loss of regular pay for absences due to, and in conformity with, any of the following:
1. Jury or witness duty. If reasonable notice is given to his/her supervisor, an employee shall suffer no loss of regular pay for the time necessarily consumed in the performance of jury or witness duty, and no deduction shall be made for any amount of monies received from civil authorities.
Absences Excused with Pay. Administrators shall be entitled to leave of absence without any loss of pay under the following circumstances: