Drawing from the ESL Bank Sample Clauses

Drawing from the ESL Bank. Time off from the ESL Bank can be either scheduled or unscheduled. Reasons for use of ESL will be in accordance with the ESL Policy. Non-exempt employees may use time from their ESL bank in hourly increments. Exempt employees may only use their ESL bank in hourly increments when on an intermittent leave of absence; otherwise, they must use time from their ESL bank in full day increments. For employees who are also eligible for PTO, the first three (3) consecutive days of a scheduled or unscheduled absence due to reasons described above are generally deducted from the employee's PTO Bank (exceptions are outlined below). If the employee does not have accrued PTO, but has “Yet to be Earned” PTO hours, the employee will be paid from the “Yet to be Earned” PTO bank and go into negative balance (see PTO policy). The fourth day of absence, and any subsequent consecutive scheduled days of absence will be drawn from the employee’s ESL bank. Exceptions that allow immediate access to ESL banks from 1st day out are: • Inpatient hospital stay; • Same day surgery (including post-operative recovery time); • Procedures under conscious sedation (i.e. colonoscopy, etc.); • Workers' compensation; • Temporary disability; and • Absences required for special treatment of chronic illness such as dialysis for renal disease and chemotherapy for cancer If an employee exhausts the time in his/her regular accrued ESL bank and has a Frozen ESL, HIB or PSB, then the employee may utilize available time in those banks. Usage of these banks is in the order of HIB, then PSB, then the Frozen ESL. If the PTO Bank is depleted, the first three (3) days of absence due to reasons described above will be drawn from the ESL, HIB, PSB, and then the Frozen ESL For employees who are not eligible for PTO but are eligible for ESL, all absence due to reasons described above, will be deducted from the employee's ESL. If the ESL bank is exhausted, the time will be unpaid.