Early Release or Delay or Cancellation of Regular Work Day. Legislative offices will be open during regular business hours unless the Presiding Officers or the Chair of the Legislative Council authorize a change in hours in the event of adverse weather or other situation. The Presiding Officers or the Chair of the Legislative Council may authorize the release of all legislative employees or may require that certain legislative offices open or remain open through to the regular close of business at a reduced staffing level. Unless the Governor issues a proclamation under the Governor’s emergency powers that orders the closure or evacuation of state offices, the Governor’s decision to close state offices applies only to executive branch employees, not to legislative employees. If a public service announcement relating to closure of state offices makes no specific reference to the Legislature, legislative employees are expected to report to work at the regularly scheduled time. If a legislative employee has any questions about whether to report to work, the employee has the responsibility for contacting his or her supervisor. Legislative employees will be notified of any cancellation of the regular work day, delayed start, or early closure. Employees must notify their supervisor of their decision to not report to work, to report late, or to leave early due to emergency or extreme weather conditions. If a closure, delay, or early release has not been authorized, such an employee must use approved vacation leave, compensatory time or legislative leave for all such absences during the employee’s regularly scheduled work hours unless administrative leave is granted by the Presiding Officers or the Chair of the Legislative Council for their respective employees. If, subsequently, there is authorized a general delay, cancellation, or early release, unless otherwise determined by the Presiding Officers or the Chair of the Legislative Council, legislative employees who have received prior approval to use paid or unpaid leave for that day must use that leave as originally approved. When such administrative leave is granted, an employee in Salary Grade 1-6 who is affected by an early closure, delay or cancellation of a regular work day is entitled to receive paid administrative leave for all cancelled hours for which the employee was scheduled to work and is absent from work. Administrative leave granted under this Article is intended to make the employee whole up to 8 hours in a day or the employee’s regularly scheduled work...
