Extreme Hardship. Accrued PTO may be paid out in the limited case of an extreme hardship. An extreme hardship is a financial hardship due to a serious, isolated and unexpected event that will have severe financial impact on the employee and cannot be met by any other source of income or savings (e.g., house fire, catastrophic illness, natural disaster), and does not include circumstances resulting from poor planning or foreseeable consequences of personal actions. Request for extreme hardship PTO payouts are subject to approval by the Director/Vice-President of Allina Labor Relations, or his/her designee.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
