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 differ- entials, weekend differentials, skill based differ- entials, etc. PTO is not counted as hours worked for purposes of calculating overtime. G. PTO may be used for both planned and un- planned 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. I. When an employee uses PTO to cover an un- planned absence, the time will be accurately recorded by management as it is used. If an em- ployee is on FMLA or extended medical leave and has exhausted his/her paid leave, the em- ployee will be required to use all PTO with the exception of five (5) days, which shall be re- served. J. An employee whose last day of work occurs prior to the end of the pay period will receive a prorated amount of PTO. Similarly, an employ- ee who transfers into an employment status that is ineligible for PTO will receive a lump-sum payment for accrued but unused PTO. K. Accrued, unused PTO will be paid to employees at termination of employment, up to the Accrual Limit for full-time employees or up to the pro- rated Accrual Limit for part time employees.
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Samples: National Addendum Agreement, National Addendum Agreement, National Addendum Agreement
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 differ- entialsdifferentials, weekend differentials, skill based differ- entialsdifferentials, etc. PTO is not counted as hours worked for purposes of calculating overtime.
G. PTO may be used for both planned and un- planned 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.
I. When an employee uses PTO to cover an un- planned unplanned absence, the time will be accurately recorded by management as it is used. If an em- ployee employee is on FMLA or extended medical leave and has exhausted his/her paid leave, the em- ployee employee will be required to use all PTO with the exception of five (5) days, which shall be re- servedreserved.
J. An employee whose last day of work occurs prior to the end of the pay period will receive a prorated amount of PTO. Similarly, an employ- ee employee who transfers into an employment status that is ineligible for PTO will receive a lump-sum payment for accrued but unused PTO.
K. Accrued, unused PTO will be paid to employees at termination of employment, up to the Accrual Limit for full-full- time employees or up to the pro- rated prorated Accrual Limit for part time employees.
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Samples: National Addendum