Common use of PTO Usage Clause in Contracts

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. The American Red Cross will offer the following Prearranged and Ad Hoc PTO and Floating Holiday (FH) request program for Collections. 1. Prearranged PTO - Collections Staff will submit requests for prearranged PTO/FH during two (2) bid windows, on the first business days of September and March. Full week(s) of PTO/FH shall take precedent over individual PTO/FH days. The September bid window will be for time off for January 1st to June 30th: the March bid window will be for time off for July 1st to December 31st. The employee will have three weeks to submit their requests. The employer will disposition requests no later than October 15th for the January through June period, and April 15th for the July through December period. 2. Local language regarding approving PTO by classification will be followed. 3. Ad Hoc PTO/FH covers requests for personal business or other events that cannot be foreseen or planned during the prearranged PTO bid windows. A. The employee can only request Ad Hoc PTO after the bid window has closed. Ad Hoc PTO requests are first come, first served. B. Ad Hoc requests can only be requested before the final staff schedule has been created. Once approved shall not be rescinded by the employer (unless due to extraordinary circumstances). · C. If Ad Hoc PTO is requested after the staff schedule is posted, the employee will review and disposition the request. The employer has the right to deny the request if the request would create a negative scheduling or operational impact on the business.

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. The American Red Cross will offer the following Prearranged and Ad Hoc PTO and Floating Holiday (FH) request program for Collections. 1. Prearranged PTO - Collections Staff will submit requests for prearranged PTO/FH during two (2) bid windows, on the first business days of September and March. Full week(s) of PTO/FH shall take precedent over individual PTO/FH days. The September bid window will be for time off for January 1st to June 30th: the March bid window will be for time off for July 1st to December 31st. The employee will have three weeks to submit their requests. The employer will disposition requests no later than October 15th for the January through June period, and April 15th for the July through December period. 2. Local language regarding approving PTO by classification will be followed. 3. Ad Hoc PTO/FH covers requests for personal business or other events that cannot be foreseen or planned during the prearranged PTO bid windows. A. The employee can only request Ad Hoc PTO after the bid window has closed. Ad Hoc PTO requests are first come, first served. B. Ad Hoc requests can only be requested before the final staff schedule has been created. Once approved shall not be rescinded by the employer (unless due to extraordinary circumstances). · C. If Ad Hoc PTO is requested after the staff schedule is posted, the employee will review and disposition the request. The employer has the right to deny the request if the request would create a negative scheduling or operational impact on the business.