PTO Usage. A. PTO eligible employees may use a maximum of forty (40) hours of PTO when taking a full week of PTO provided they have such PTO available. B. An employee may not take more than twelve (12) hours of PTO per day. C. PTO may be taken as it is earned. D. PTO is available for use in hourly increments. E. Employees may not take more PTO than they have accrued and will not be allowed to have a negative PTO Balance. F. PTO is paid at an employee's regular pay rate and does not include overtime or special forms of compensation such as premiums, shift differentials, weekend differentials, skill based differentials, etc. PTO is not counted as hours worked for purposes of calculating overtime. G. PTO may be used for both planned and unplanned absences, and will be charged when an employee is absent during his or her scheduled hours. H. For planned absences, employees should request time off from their supervisors/schedulers as far in advance as possible. Requests for time off and its approval shall be determined by Local Agreements. In an effort to provide a better work-life balance and approve more time off for employees and ensure that operations are appropriately staffed, the American Red Cross will offer the following Prearranged and Ad Hoc PTO and Floating Holiday (FH) request program.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
