Operationally Essential Assignments. 11 1. All Local 48 employees are designated as operationally essential 12 (“Essential”) and are required to report for duty regardless of facility, closure or curtailment 13 of some or all County operations. An employee who does not report to work or who reports 14 late shall time-code the absence as leave without pay, or may charge it to compensatory 15 time off, holiday, or vacation leave.