Payment of Paid Time Off at Termination. An employee who has successfully completed their probationary period will receive 100% of his or her accrued Paid Time Off balance at the employee's hourly rate at termination. Employees who have not been terminated for cause have the option of receiving their Paid Time Off hours: As a lump sum, as service time after the last day worked (during the calendar year in which the employee terminates), or as a combination of cash and service time. If no choice is provided to HR on or before the last day of work, the PTO shall be paid as a lump sum. Employees who have been terminated for cause will receive a lump sum payment of 100% of their accrued Paid Time Off balance. In these situations, employees are not eligible to use Paid Time Off as service time after their last day worked unless authorization is received from Human Resources Leadership. Employees who do not complete their probationary period will not be eligible to receive a cash-out of their accrued Paid Time Off. Grandfathered Employees Hired Prior to 12/20/1998 PTO balances over the 480 hour limit will be cashed out at the employee's current hourly rate during the first pay period of the payroll year. Subsequent accruals over the limit will be cashed out quarterly at the employee's hourly rate at the time of cash-out. Sick Leave (SL) Sick Leave is accrued based on an employee's hours paid. Accrued days as shown below are based on a full-time employee working 80 hours per pay period; part-time employees earn a proportional share of hours. Accrued Sick Leave may be used for employee or family member illness, injury or disability. Employee's Manager may require a physician's release is required prior to the return to work employee who has experienced inpatient hospitalization of any kind that requires an absence from work, or who has suffered an absence longer than two weeks due to illness, surgery, or an accident. Reasonable notice must be provided for the use of Sick Leave if the situation is foreseeable, and prior to the start of the employee's shift, if practicable.
Payment of Paid Time Off at Termination. An employee who has successfully completed their first six (6) months of continuous Port of Seattle employment will receive 100% of their accrued Paid Time Off balance at the employee's hourly rate at termination. Employees who have not been terminated for cause have the option of receiving their Paid Time Off hours: • As a lump sum (all rights to insurance benefits, pension benefits and leave accruals during the period in which the PTO leave would have been used as service time are waived) • As service time after their last day worked (this generally includes healthcare benefits, continuation of PTO and Sick Leave accruals, and service credit time). PTO cannot be used as service time in the year following the employees last Port of Seattle workday. • As a combination of cash and service time. If an employee does not notify Human Resources of their choice on or before their last day of work, their PTO shall be paid as a lump sum. Employees who have been terminated for cause will receive 100% of their accrued PTO balance paid as a lump sum. In these situations, employees are not eligible to use Paid Time Off as service time after their last day worked unless authorization is received from Human Resources Leadership. Employees who do not complete their probationary period will not be eligible to receive a cash out of their accrued Paid Time Off at termination.
