Emergency Use of General Leave. A. Emergency General Leave with pay may be granted for the following reasons:
1) An Employee's own illness or injury, care of his/her spouse or partner, children/stepchildren or spouse/partner's children/stepchildren, or care of his/her or spouse/partner's parents or grandparents.
2) Quarantine by a public health official.
3) Because of illness, injury, or disability to or death of any person with whom the Employee has had a close personal relationship that requires the presence of the Employee. Leave for such reason shall be limited to three days in any one instance, unless it can be demonstrated to the General Manager or designee that additional time is necessary by reason of travel distance. In such case, up to five days may be authorized. Unique situations may be considered under Article 15 -
Emergency Use of General Leave. A. Emergency general leave with pay may be granted for the following reasons:
1) An Employee’s own illness or injury, care of their spouse or partner, children/stepchildren or spouse/partner’s children/stepchildren, or care of their or spouse/partner’s parents or grandparents.
2) Quarantine by a public health official.
B. Because of illness, injury, or disability of any person with whom the Employee has had a close personal relationship that requires the presence of the Employee. Leave for such reason shall be limited to three days in any one instance, unless it can be demonstrated to the general manager or designee that additional time is necessary by reason of travel distance. In such case, up to five days may be authorized. Unique situations may be considered under Article 15 –
Emergency Use of General Leave. A. Emergency General Leave with pay may be granted for the following reasons:
1. An Employee may use Emergency General Leave for his/her own illness or injury, care of his/her spouse or partner, children/stepchildren or spouse/partner’s children/stepchildren, or care of his/her or spouse/partner’s parents or grandparents. An Employee who is relieved from his/her shift because of illness shall notify his/her manager/designee at the time s/he is relieved if s/he intends to work his/her next scheduled shift.
2. Quarantine by a public health official.
3. Because of illness, injury, or disability to or death of any person with whom the Employee has had a close personal relationship that requires the presence of the Employee. Leave for such reason shall be limited to three days in any one instance, unless it can be demonstrated to the General Manager or designee that additional time is necessary by reason of travel distance. In such case, up to five days may be authorized. Unique situations may be considered under Article X, Section 2.
B. Maintenance Department Employees returning to work after emergency use of General Leave must notify the Maintenance Manager or his/her designee of the Employee’s intention to return to his/her regular shift. Employees whose shift begins before noon must provide notification prior to 4:30 p.m. the day before and Employees whose shift begins after noon must provide notification prior to 8:00 a.m. on the day s/he intends to return to work. Operations Employees returning to work after emergency use of General Leave must notify a Dispatcher of the Employee’s intention to return to his/her regular shift by 3:00 p.m. on the day before s/he intends to return to work. The Hybrid Forks Employee returning to work after emergency use of General Leave must notify the Operations Manager or Dispatcher of his/her intention to return to that Employee’s regular Maintenance shift two hours prior to the start of such Maintenance shift. The Hybrid Forks Employee must notify a Dispatcher of that Employee’s intention to return to his/her regular driving shift by 3:00 p.m. on the day before s/he intends to return to work. Failure to provide this notification will result in his/her shift being assigned to another Employee.
