Common use of Weather Emergency Clause in Contracts

Weather Emergency. Employees directed not to report to work or sent home due to a weather emergency as declared by the Director of the Department of Public Safety, shall be granted leave with pay at regular rate for their scheduled work hours during the duration of the weather emergency. The Director of the Department of Public Safety is the Governor’s designee to declare a weather emergency which affects the obligation of State employees to travel to and from work. Employees required to report to work or required to stay at work during such weather emergency shall receive their total rate of pay for hours worked during the weather emergency. In addition, employees who work during a weather emergency declared under this Section shall receive a stipend of eight dollars ($8.00) per hour worked. An emergency shall be considered to exist when declared by the Employer, for the county, area or facility where an employee lives or works. For the purpose of this Section, an emergency shall not be considered to be an occurrence which is normal or reasonably foreseeable to the place of employment and/or position description of the employee. Each year, by the first day of October, all Agencies must create and maintain a list of essential employees. Essential employees are those employees whose presence at the work site is critical to maintaining operations during any weather emergency. Essential employees normally consist of a skeletal crew of employees necessary to maintain essential office functions, such as those State employees who are essential to maintaining security, health and safety, and critical office operations. Employees who are designated as essential employees shall be advised of the designation and provided appropriate documentation. Essential employees shall be advised that they should expect to work during weather emergencies unless otherwise advised. However, they are not guaranteed work. Nothing in this Section prevents an appointing authority from using his or her discretion in sending essential employees home or instructing them not to report for work once a weather emergency has been declared. Essential employees who do not report when required during an emergency must show cause that they were prevented from reporting because of the emergency. During the year, extreme weather conditions may exist and roadway emergencies may be declared by local sheriffs in certain counties, yet no formal weather emergency is declared by the Governor or designee and State public offices remain open. Should this situation occur, Agency Directors and department heads are encouraged to exercise their judgment and discretion to permit non-essential employees to use any accrued vacation, personal or compensatory leave, if such employees choose not to come to work due to extenuating circumstances caused by extreme weather conditions. Non-essential employees with no or inadequate accrued leave may be granted leave without pay. Nothing in this Section prevents an appointing authority from using his/her discretion to temporarily reassign non-essential employees to indoor job duties, consistent with their job classification, so that such employees are not performing unnecessary road or travel-related duties during days or shifts of especially inclement weather.

Weather Emergency. Employees directed not to report to work or sent home due to a weather emergency as declared by the Director of the Department of Public Safety, shall be granted leave with pay at regular rate for their scheduled work hours during the duration of the weather emergency. The Director of the Department of Public Safety is the Governor’s designee to declare a weather emergency which affects the obligation of State employees to travel to and from work. Employees required to report to work or required to stay at work during such weather emergency shall receive their total rate of pay for hours worked during the weather emergency. In addition, employees who work during a weather emergency declared under this Section section shall receive a stipend of eight dollars ($8.00) dollars per hour worked. An emergency shall be considered to exist when declared by the Employer, for the county, area or facility where an employee lives or works. For the purpose of this Sectionsection, an emergency shall not be considered to be an occurrence which is normal or reasonably foreseeable to the place of employment and/or position description of the employee. Each year, by the first day of October, all Agencies agencies must create and maintain a list of essential employees. Essential employees are those employees whose presence at the work site is critical to maintaining operations during any weather emergency. Essential employees normally consist of a skeletal crew of employees necessary to maintain essential office functions, such as those State employees who are essential to maintaining security, health and safety, and critical office operations. Employees who are designated as essential employees shall be advised of the designation and provided appropriate documentation. Essential employees shall be advised that they should expect to work during weather emergencies unless otherwise advised. However, they are not guaranteed work. Nothing in this Section section prevents an appointing authority from using his or her discretion in sending essential employees home or instructing them not to report for work once a weather emergency has been declared. Essential employees who do not report when required during an emergency must show cause that they were prevented from reporting because of the emergency. During the year, extreme weather conditions may exist and roadway emergencies may be declared by local sheriffs in certain counties, yet no formal weather emergency is declared by the Governor or designee and State public offices remain open. Should this situation occur, Agency Directors agency directors and department heads are encouraged to exercise their judgment and discretion to permit non-essential employees to use any accrued vacation, personal or compensatory leave, if such employees choose not to come to work due to extenuating circumstances caused by extreme weather conditions. Non-essential employees with no or inadequate accrued leave may be granted leave without pay. Nothing in this Section section prevents an appointing authority from using his/her discretion to temporarily reassign non-non- essential employees to indoor job duties, consistent with their job classification, so that such employees are not performing unnecessary road road- or travel-related duties during days or shifts of especially inclement weather.

Weather Emergency. Employees directed not to report to work or sent home due to a weather emergency as declared by the Director of the Department of Public Safety, shall be granted leave with pay at regular rate for their scheduled work hours during the duration of the weather emergency. The Director of the Department of Public Safety is the Governor’s designee to declare a weather emergency which affects the obligation of State employees to travel to and from work. Employees required to report to work or required to stay at work during such weather emergency shall receive their total rate of pay for hours worked during the weather emergency. In addition, employees who work during a weather emergency declared under this Section section shall receive a stipend of eight dollars ($8.00) dollars per hour worked. An emergency shall be considered to exist when declared by the Employer, for the county, area or facility where an employee lives or works. For the purpose of this Sectionsection, an emergency shall not be considered to be an occurrence which is normal or reasonably foreseeable to the place of employment and/or position description of the employee. Each year, by the first day of October, all Agencies must create and maintain a list of essential employees. Essential employees are those employees whose presence at the work site is critical to maintaining operations during any weather emergency. Essential employees normally consist of a skeletal crew of employees necessary to maintain essential office functions, such as those State employees who are essential to maintaining security, health and safety, and critical office operations. Employees who are designated as essential employees shall be advised of the designation and provided appropriate documentation. Essential employees shall be advised that they should expect required to work during weather emergencies unless otherwise advised. However, they are not guaranteed work. Nothing in this Section prevents an appointing authority from using his or her discretion in sending essential employees home or instructing them not to report for work once a weather emergency has been declaredemergencies. Essential employees who do not report when required during an emergency must show cause that they were prevented from reporting because of the emergency. During the year, extreme weather conditions may exist and roadway emergencies may be declared by local sheriffs in certain counties, yet no formal weather emergency is declared by the Governor or designee and State state public offices remain open. Should this situation occur, Agency Directors agency directors and department heads are encouraged to exercise their judgment and discretion to permit non-essential employees to use any accrued vacation, personal or compensatory leave, if such employees choose not to come to work due to extenuating circumstances caused by extreme weather conditions. Non-essential employees with no or inadequate accrued leave may be granted leave without pay. Nothing in this Section section prevents an appointing authority from using his/her discretion to temporarily reassign non-essential employees to indoor job duties, duties consistent with their job classification, so that such employees are not performing unnecessary road or travel-travel related duties during days or shifts of especially inclement weather.

Weather Emergency. Employees directed not to report to work or sent home due to a weather emergency as declared by the Director of the Department of Public Safety, shall be granted leave with pay at their regular rate for their scheduled work hours during the duration of the weather emergency. The Director of the Department of Public Safety is the Governor’s designee to declare a weather emergency which affects the obligation of State employees to travel to and from work. Employees required to report to work or required to stay at work during such weather emergency shall receive their total rate of pay for hours worked during the weather emergency. In addition, employees who work during a weather emergency declared under this Section section shall receive a stipend of eight dollars ($8.00) per hour worked. An emergency shall be considered to exist when declared by the Employer, for the county, area or facility where an employee lives or works. For the purpose of this Section, an emergency shall not be considered to be an occurrence which is normal or reasonably foreseeable to the place of employment and/or position description of the employee. Each year, by the first day of October, all Agencies agencies must create and maintain a list of essential employees. Essential employees are those employees whose presence at the work site is critical to maintaining operations during any weather emergency. Essential employees normally consist of a skeletal crew of employees necessary to maintain essential office functions, such as those State employees who are essential to maintaining security, health and safety, and critical office operations. Employees who are designated as essential employees shall be advised of the designation and provided appropriate documentation. Essential employees shall be advised that they should expect to work during weather emergencies unless otherwise advised. However, they are not guaranteed work. Nothing in this Section section prevents an appointing authority from using his or her discretion in sending essential employees home or instructing them not to report for work once a weather emergency has been declared. Essential employees who do not report when required during an emergency must show cause that they were prevented from reporting because of the emergency. Employees not designated essential may be required to work during a weather emergency. During the year, extreme weather conditions may exist and roadway emergencies may be declared by local sheriffs in certain counties, yet no formal weather emergency is declared by the Governor or designee and State public offices remain open. Should this situation occur, Agency Directors agency directors and department heads are encouraged to exercise their judgment and discretion to permit non-essential employees to use any accrued vacation, personal or compensatory leave, if such employees choose not to come to work due to extenuating circumstances caused by extreme weather conditions. Non-essential employees with no or inadequate accrued leave may be granted leave without pay. Nothing in this Section section prevents an appointing authority from using his/her discretion to temporarily reassign non-non- essential employees to indoor job duties, consistent with their job classification, so that such employees are not performing unnecessary road road- or travel-related duties during days or shifts of especially inclement weather.

Weather Emergency. Employees directed not to report to work or sent home due to a weather emergency as declared by the Director of the Department of Public Safety, shall be granted leave with pay at regular rate for their scheduled work hours during the duration of the weather emergency. The Director of the Department of Public Safety is the Governor’s designee to declare a weather emergency which affects the obligation of State employees to travel to and from work. Employees required to report to work or required to stay at work during such weather emergency shall receive their total rate of pay for hours worked during the weather emergency. In addition, employees who work during a weather emergency declared under this Section shall receive a stipend of eight dollars ($8.00) per hour worked. An emergency shall be considered to exist when declared by the Employer, for the county, area or facility where an employee lives or works. For the purpose of this Section, an emergency shall not be considered to be an occurrence which is normal or reasonably foreseeable to the place of employment and/or position description of the employee. Each year, by the first day of October, all Agencies must create and maintain a list of essential employees. Essential employees are those employees whose presence at the work site is critical to maintaining operations during any weather emergency. Essential employees normally consist of a skeletal crew of employees necessary to maintain essential office functions, such as those State employees who are essential to maintaining security, health and safety, and critical office operations. Employees who are designated as essential employees shall be advised of the designation and provided appropriate documentation. Essential employees shall be advised that they should expect to work during weather emergencies unless otherwise advised. However, they are not guaranteed work. Nothing in this Section prevents an appointing authority from using his or her discretion in sending essential employees home or instructing them not to report for work once a weather emergency has been declared. Essential employees who do not report when required during an emergency must show cause that they were prevented from reporting because of the emergency. During the year, extreme weather conditions may exist and roadway emergencies may be declared by local sheriffs in certain counties, yet no formal weather emergency is declared by the Governor or designee and State public offices remain open. Should this situation occur, Agency Directors and department heads are encouraged to exercise their judgment and discretion to permit non-non- essential employees to use any accrued vacation, personal or compensatory leave, if such employees choose not to come to work due to extenuating circumstances caused by extreme weather conditions. Non-essential employees with no or inadequate accrued leave may be granted leave without pay. Nothing in this Section prevents an appointing authority from using his/her discretion to temporarily reassign non-essential employees to indoor job duties, consistent with their job classification, so that such employees are not performing unnecessary road or travel-related duties during days or shifts of especially inclement weather.

Weather Emergency. Employees directed not to report to work or sent home due to a weather emergency as declared by the Director of the Department of Public Safety, shall be granted leave with pay at regular rate for their scheduled work hours during the duration of the weather emergency. The Director of the Department of Public Safety is the Governor’s designee to declare a weather emergency which affects the obligation of State employees to travel to and from work. Employees required to report to work or required to stay at work during such weather emergency shall receive their total rate of pay for hours worked during the weather emergency. In addition, employees who work during a weather emergency declared under this Section section shall receive a stipend of eight dollars ($8.00) 8) per hour worked. An emergency shall be considered to exist when declared by the Employer, for the county, area or facility where an employee lives or works. For the purpose of this Section, an emergency shall not be considered to be an occurrence which is normal or reasonably foreseeable to the place of employment and/or position description of the employee. Each year, by the first day of October, all Agencies must create and maintain a list of essential employees. Essential employees are those employees whose presence at the work site is critical to maintaining operations during any weather emergency. Essential employees normally consist of a skeletal crew of employees necessary to maintain essential office functions, such as those State employees who are essential to maintaining security, health and safety, and critical office operations. Employees who are designated as essential employees shall be advised of the designation and provided appropriate documentation. Essential employees shall be advised that they should expect to work during weather emergencies unless otherwise advised. However, they are not guaranteed work. Nothing in this Section prevents an appointing authority from using his or her discretion in sending essential employees home or instructing them not to report for work once a weather emergency has been declared. Essential employees who do not report when required during an emergency must show cause that they were prevented from reporting because of the emergency. Employees not designated essential may be required to work during a weather emergency. During the year, extreme weather conditions may exist and roadway emergencies may be declared by local sheriffs in certain counties, yet no formal weather emergency is declared by the Governor or designee and State public offices remain open. Should this situation occur, Agency Directors directors and department heads are encouraged to exercise their judgment and discretion to permit non-essential employees to use any accrued vacation, personal or compensatory leave, if such employees choose not to come to work due to extenuating circumstances caused by extreme weather conditions. Non-essential employees with no or inadequate accrued leave may be granted leave without pay. Nothing in this Section prevents an appointing authority from using his/her discretion to temporarily reassign non-essential employees to indoor job duties, consistent with their job classification, so that such employees are not performing unnecessary road road- or travel-related duties during days or shifts of especially inclement weather.

Weather Emergency. Employees directed not to report to work or sent home due to a weather emergency as declared by the Director of the Department of Public Safety, shall be granted leave with pay at regular rate for their scheduled work hours during the duration of the weather emergency. The Director of the Department of Public Safety is the Governor’s designee to declare a weather emergency which affects the obligation of State employees to travel to and from work. Employees required to report to work or required to stay at work during such weather emergency shall receive their total rate of pay for hours worked during the weather emergency. In addition, employees who work during a weather emergency declared under this Section section shall receive a stipend of eight dollars ($8.00) dollars per hour worked. An emergency shall be considered to exist when declared by the Employer, for the county, area or facility where an employee lives or works. For the purpose of this Sectionsection, an emergency shall not be considered to be an occurrence which is normal or reasonably foreseeable to the place of employment and/or position description of the employee. Each year, by the first day of October, all Agencies agencies must create and maintain a list of essential employees. Essential employees are those employees whose presence at the work site is critical to maintaining operations during any weather emergency. Essential employees normally consist of a skeletal crew of employees necessary to maintain essential office functions, such as those State employees who are essential to maintaining security, health and safety, and critical office operations. Employees who are designated as essential employees shall be advised of the designation and provided appropriate documentation. Essential employees shall be advised that they should expect to work during weather emergencies unless otherwise advised. However, they are not guaranteed work. Nothing in this Section section prevents an appointing authority from using his or her discretion in sending essential employees home or instructing them not to report for work once a weather emergency has been declared. Essential employees who do not report when required during an emergency must show cause that they were prevented from reporting because of the emergency. During the year, extreme weather conditions may exist and roadway emergencies may be declared by local sheriffs in certain counties, yet no formal weather emergency is declared by the Governor or designee and State public offices remain open. Should this situation occur, Agency Directors agency directors and department heads are encouraged to exercise their judgment and discretion to permit non-essential employees to use any accrued vacation, personal or compensatory leave, if such employees choose not to come to work due to extenuating circumstances caused by extreme weather conditions. Non-essential employees with no or inadequate accrued leave may be granted leave without pay. Nothing in this Section section prevents an appointing authority from using his/her discretion to temporarily reassign non-essential employees to indoor job duties, consistent with their job classification, so that such employees are not performing unnecessary road road- or travel-related duties during days or shifts of especially inclement weather.weather.‌

Weather Emergency. Employees directed not to report to work or sent home due to a weather emergency as declared by the Director of the Department of Public Safety, shall be granted leave with pay at regular rate for their scheduled work hours during the duration of the weather emergency. The Director of the Department of Public Safety is the Governor’s designee to declare a weather emergency which affects the obligation of State employees to travel to and from work. Employees required to report to work or required to stay at work during such weather emergency shall receive their total rate of pay for hours worked during the weather emergency. In addition, employees who work during a weather emergency declared under this Section section shall receive a stipend of eight dollars ($8.00) per hour worked. Employees who work from home during the emergency are not eligible for the stipend. An emergency shall be considered to exist when declared by the Employer, for the county, area or facility where an employee lives or works. For the purpose of this Section, an emergency shall not be considered to be an occurrence which is normal or reasonably foreseeable to the place of employment and/or position description of the employee. Each year, by the first day of October, all Agencies agencies must create and maintain a list of essential employees. Essential employees are those employees whose presence at the work site is critical to maintaining operations during any weather emergency. Essential employees normally consist of a skeletal crew of employees necessary to maintain essential office functions, such as those State employees who are essential to maintaining security, health and safety, and critical office operations. Employees who are designated as essential employees shall be advised of the designation and provided appropriate documentation. Essential employees shall be advised that they should expect to work during weather emergencies unless otherwise advised. However, they are not guaranteed work. Nothing in this Section section prevents an appointing authority from using his or her discretion in sending essential employees home or instructing them not to report for work once a weather emergency has been declared. Essential employees who do not report when required during an emergency must show cause that they were prevented from reporting because of the emergency. Employees not designated essential may be required to work during a weather emergency. During the year, extreme weather conditions may exist and roadway emergencies may be declared by local sheriffs in certain counties, yet no formal weather emergency is declared by the Governor or designee and State public offices remain open. Should this situation occur, Agency Directors agency directors and department heads are encouraged to exercise their judgment and discretion to permit non-essential employees to use any accrued vacation, personal or compensatory leave, if such employees choose not to come to work due to extenuating circumstances caused by extreme weather conditions. Non-essential employees with no or inadequate accrued leave may be granted leave without pay. Nothing in this Section section prevents an appointing authority from using his/her discretion to temporarily reassign non-essential employees to indoor job duties, consistent with their job classification, so that such employees are not performing unnecessary road or travel-travel related duties during days or shifts of especially inclement weather.

Weather Emergency. Employees directed not to report to work or sent home due to a weather emergency as declared by the Director of the Department of Public Safety, shall be granted leave with pay at regular rate for their scheduled work hours during the duration of the weather emergency. The Director of the Department of Public Safety is the Governor’s designee to declare a weather emergency which affects the obligation of State employees to travel to and from work. Employees required to report to work or required to stay at work during such weather emergency shall receive their total rate of pay for hours worked during the weather emergency. In addition, employees who work during a weather emergency declared under this Section shall receive a stipend of eight dollars ($8.00) per hour worked. An emergency shall be considered to exist when declared by the Employer, for the county, area or facility where an employee lives or works. For the purpose of this Section, an emergency shall not be considered to be an occurrence which is normal or reasonably foreseeable to the place of employment and/or position description of the employee. Each year, by the first day of October, all Agencies must create and maintain a list of essential employees. Essential employees are those employees whose presence at the work site is critical to maintaining operations during any weather emergency. Essential employees normally consist of a skeletal crew of employees necessary to maintain essential office functions, such as those State employees who are essential to maintaining security, health and safety, and critical office operations. Employees who are designated as essential employees shall be advised of the designation and provided appropriate documentation. Essential employees shall be advised that they should expect to work during weather emergencies unless otherwise advised. However, they are not guaranteed work. Nothing in this Section prevents an appointing authority from using his or her discretion in sending essential employees home or instructing them not to report for work once a weather emergency has been declared. Essential employees who do not report when required during an emergency must show cause that they were prevented from reporting because of the emergency. During the year, extreme weather conditions may exist and roadway emergencies may be declared by local sheriffs in certain counties, yet no formal weather emergency is declared by the Governor or designee and State public offices remain open. Should this situation occur, Agency Directors and department heads are encouraged to exercise their judgment and discretion to permit non-essential employees to use any accrued vacation, personal or compensatory leave, if such employees choose not to come to work due to extenuating circumstances caused by extreme weather conditions. Non-essential employees with no or inadequate accrued leave may be granted leave without pay. Nothing in this Section prevents an appointing authority from using his/her discretion to temporarily reassign non-non- essential employees to indoor job duties, consistent with their job classification, so that such employees are not performing unnecessary road or travel-related duties during days or shifts of especially inclement weather.

Weather Emergency. Employees directed not to report to work or sent home due to a weather emergency as declared by the Director of the Department of Public Safety, shall be granted leave with pay at regular rate for their scheduled work hours during the duration of the weather emergency. The Director of the Department of Public Safety is the Governor’s designee to declare a weather emergency which affects the obligation of State employees to travel to and from work. Employees required to report to work or required to stay at work during such weather emergency shall receive their total rate of pay for hours worked during the weather emergency. In addition, employees who work during a weather emergency declared under this Section section shall receive a stipend of eight dollars ($8.00) dollars per hour worked. An emergency shall be considered to exist when declared by the Employer, for the county, area or facility where an employee lives or works. For the purpose of this Sectionsection, an emergency shall not be considered to be an occurrence which is normal or reasonably foreseeable to the place of employment and/or position description of the employee. Each year, by the first day of October, all Agencies must create and maintain a list of essential employees. Essential employees are those employees whose presence at the work site is critical to maintaining operations during any weather emergency. Essential employees normally consist of a skeletal crew of employees necessary to maintain essential office functions, such as those State employees who are essential to maintaining security, health and safety, and critical office operations. Employees who are designated as essential employees shall be advised of the designation and provided appropriate documentation. Essential employees shall be advised that they should expect required to work during weather emergencies unless otherwise advised. However, they are not guaranteed work. Nothing in this Section prevents an appointing authority from using his or her discretion in sending essential employees home or instructing them not to report for work once a weather emergency has been declaredemergencies. Essential employees who do not report when required during an emergency must show cause that they were prevented from reporting because of the emergency. During the year, extreme weather conditions may exist and roadway emergencies may be declared by local sheriffs in certain counties, yet no formal weather emergency is declared by the Governor or designee and State state public offices remain open. Should this situation occur, Agency Directors agency directors and department heads are encouraged to exercise their judgment and discretion to permit non-essential employees to use any accrued vacation, personal or compensatory leave, if such employees choose not to come to work due to extenuating circumstances caused by extreme weather conditions. Non-Non- essential employees with no or inadequate accrued leave may be granted leave without pay. Nothing in this Section section prevents an appointing authority from using his/her discretion to temporarily reassign non-essential employees to indoor job duties, duties consistent with their job classification, so that such employees are not performing unnecessary road or travel-travel related duties during days or shifts of especially inclement weather.

Weather Emergency. Employees directed not to work (e.g. directed not to report to work or sent home from work and not directed to telework) due to a weather emergency as declared by the Director of the Department of Public Safety, shall be granted leave with pay at regular rate for their scheduled work hours during the duration of the weather emergency. The Director of the Department of Public Safety is the Governor’s designee to declare a weather emergency which affects the obligation of State employees to travel to and from work. Employees required to report to work or at the location of the declared emergency (when others are not required to stay at work work) during such weather emergency shall receive their total rate of pay for hours worked during the weather emergency. In addition, employees who are required to work at the location of the declared emergency (when others are not required to work) during a weather emergency declared under this Section shall receive a stipend of eight dollars ($8.00) per hour worked. Employees (essential or non-essential) who are teleworking, directed to telework, or directed to work at an alternative work location shall not be entitled to payment under this Section. An emergency shall be considered to exist when declared by the EmployerDirector of the Department of Public Safety, for the county, area or facility where an employee lives or works. For the purpose of this Section, an emergency shall not be considered to be an occurrence which is normal or reasonably foreseeable to the place of employment and/or position description of the employee. Each year, by the first day of October, all Agencies must create and maintain a list of essential employees. Essential employees are those employees whose presence at the work site is critical to maintaining operations during any weather emergency. Essential employees normally consist of a skeletal crew of employees necessary to maintain essential office functions, such as those State employees who are essential to maintaining security, health and safety, and critical office operations. Employees who are designated as essential employees shall be advised of the designation and provided appropriate documentation. Essential employees shall be advised that they should expect to work during weather emergencies unless otherwise advised. However, they are not guaranteed work. Nothing in this Section prevents an appointing authority from using his or her discretion in sending directing essential employees home or instructing them not to report for work or sending them home (on leave or to telework) once a weather emergency has been declared. Essential employees Employees who do not report when are non-essential may also be required to work during an emergency must show cause that they were prevented from reporting because of the a declared weather emergency. During the year, extreme weather conditions may exist and roadway emergencies may be declared by local sheriffs in certain counties, yet no formal weather emergency is declared by the Governor or designee Director of the Department of Public Safety and State public offices remain open. Should this situation occur, Agency Directors and department heads are encouraged to exercise their judgment and discretion to permit non-essential employees to use any accrued vacation, personal or compensatory leave, if such employees choose not to come to work due to extenuating circumstances caused by extreme weather conditions. Non-essential employees with no or inadequate accrued leave may be granted leave without pay. Nothing in this Section prevents an appointing authority from using his/her discretion to temporarily reassign non-non- essential employees to indoor job duties, consistent with their job classification, or to an alternative location so that such employees are not performing unnecessary road or travel-related duties during days or shifts of especially inclement weather.

Weather Emergency. Employees directed not to report to work or sent home due to a weather emergency as declared by the Director of the Department of Public Safety, shall be granted leave with pay at regular rate for their scheduled work hours during the duration of the weather emergency. The Director of the Department of Public Safety is the Governor’s designee to declare a weather emergency which affects the obligation of State employees to travel to and from work. Employees required to report to work or required to stay at work during such weather emergency shall receive their total rate of pay for hours worked during the weather emergency. In addition, employees who work during a weather emergency declared under this Section section shall receive a stipend of eight dollars ($8.00) per hour worked. An emergency shall be considered to exist when declared by the Employer, for the county, area or facility where an employee lives or works. For the purpose of this Section, an emergency shall not be considered to be an occurrence which is normal or reasonably foreseeable to the place of employment and/or position description of the employee. Each year, by the first day of October, all Agencies agencies must create and maintain a list of essential employees. Essential employees are those employees whose presence at the work site is critical to maintaining operations during any weather emergency. Essential employees normally consist of a skeletal crew of employees necessary to maintain essential office functions, such as those State employees who are essential to maintaining security, health and safety, and critical office operations. Employees who are designated as essential employees shall be advised of the designation and provided appropriate documentation. Essential employees shall be advised that they should expect to work during weather emergencies unless otherwise advised. However, they are not guaranteed work. Nothing in this Section section prevents an appointing authority from using his or her discretion in sending essential employees home or instructing them not to report for work once a weather emergency has been declared. Essential employees who do not report when required during an emergency must show cause that they were prevented from reporting because of the emergency. Employees not designated essential may be required to work during a weather emergency. During the year, extreme weather conditions may exist and roadway emergencies may be declared by local sheriffs in certain counties, yet no formal weather emergency is declared by the Governor or designee and State public offices remain open. Should this situation occur, Agency Directors directors and department heads are encouraged to exercise their judgment and discretion to permit non-essential employees to use any accrued vacation, personal or compensatory leave, if such employees choose not to come to work due to extenuating circumstances caused by extreme weather conditions. Non-essential employees with no or inadequate accrued leave may be granted leave without pay. Nothing in this Section section prevents an appointing authority from using his/her discretion to temporarily reassign non-essential employees to indoor job duties, consistent with their job classification, so that such employees are not performing unnecessary road road- or travel-travel- related duties during days or shifts of especially inclement weather.

Weather Emergency. Employees directed not to work (e.g. directed not to report to work or sent home from work and not directed to telework) due to a weather emergency as declared by the Director of the Department of Public Safety, shall be granted leave with pay at regular rate for their scheduled work hours during the duration of the weather emergency. The Director of the Department of Public Safety is the Governor’s designee to declare a weather emergency which affects the obligation of State employees to travel to and from work. Employees required to report to work or at the location of the declared emergency (when others are not required to stay at work work) during such weather emergency shall receive their total rate of pay for hours worked during the weather emergency. In addition, employees who are required to work at the location of the declared emergency (when others are not required to work) during a weather emergency declared under this Section shall receive a stipend of eight dollars ($8.00) per hour worked. Employees (essential or non-essential) who are teleworking, directed to telework, or directed to work at an alternative work location shall not be entitled to payment under this Section. An emergency shall be considered to exist when declared by the EmployerDirector of the Department of Public Safety, for the county, area or facility where an employee lives or works. For the purpose of this Section, an emergency shall not be considered to be an occurrence which is normal or reasonably foreseeable to the place of employment and/or position description of the employee. Each year, by the first day of October, all Agencies must create and maintain a list of essential employees. Essential employees are those employees whose presence at the work site is critical to maintaining operations during any weather emergency. Essential employees normally consist of a skeletal crew of employees necessary to maintain essential office functions, such as those State employees who are essential to maintaining security, health and safety, and critical office operations. Employees who are designated as essential employees shall be advised of the designation and provided appropriate documentation. Essential employees shall be advised that they should expect to work during weather emergencies unless otherwise advised. However, they are not guaranteed work. Nothing in this Section prevents an appointing authority from using his or her discretion in sending directing essential employees home or instructing them not to report for work or sending them home (on leave or to telework) once a weather emergency has been declared. Essential employees Employees who do not report when are non- essential may also be required to work during an emergency must show cause that they were prevented from reporting because of the a declared weather emergency. During the year, extreme weather conditions may exist and roadway emergencies may be declared by local sheriffs in certain counties, yet no formal weather emergency is declared by the Governor or designee Director of the Department of Public Safety and State public offices remain open. Should this situation occur, Agency Directors and department heads are encouraged to exercise their judgment and discretion to permit non-non- essential employees to use any accrued vacation, personal or compensatory leave, if such employees choose not to come to work due to extenuating circumstances caused by extreme weather conditions. Non-essential employees with no or inadequate accrued leave may be granted leave without pay. Nothing in this Section prevents an appointing authority from using his/her discretion to temporarily reassign non-essential employees to indoor job duties, consistent with their job classification, or to an alternative location so that such employees are not performing unnecessary road or travel-related duties during days or shifts of especially inclement weather.

Weather Emergency. Employees directed not to report to work or sent home due to a weather emergency as declared by the Director of the Department of Public Safety, conditions or another emergency shall be granted leave with pay at regular rate for their scheduled work hours during the duration of the weather emergency. The Director of the Department of Public Safety is the Governor’s designee to declare a weather emergency which affects the obligation of State employees to travel to and from work. Employees required to report to work or required to stay at work during such weather emergency shall receive pay at time and one-half (1 1/2) for hours their total rate of pay for hours worked during the weather emergency. In addition, employees who work during a weather emergency declared under this Section section shall receive a stipend of eight dollars ($8.00) per hour worked. Any overtime worked during an emergency shall be paid at double time. An emergency shall be considered to exist when declared by the Employer, for the county, area or facility where an employee lives or works. For the purpose of this Section, an emergency shall not be considered to be an occurrence which is normal or reasonably foreseeable to the place of employment and/or position description of the employee. Essential employees shall be required to work during emergencies. Each year, by the first day of October, all Agencies agencies must create and maintain a list of essential employees. Essential employees are those employees whose presence at the work site is critical to maintaining operations during any weather emergency. Essential employees normally consist of a skeletal crew of employees necessary to maintain essential office functions, such as those State employees who are essential to maintaining security, health and safety, and critical office operations. Employees who are designated as essential employees shall be advised of the designation and provided appropriate documentation. Essential employees shall be advised that they should expect to work during weather emergencies unless otherwise advised. However, they are not guaranteed work. Nothing in this Section section prevents an appointing authority from using his or her discretion in sending essential employees home or instructing them not to report for work once a weather emergency has been declared. Essential employees who do not report as when required during an emergency must show cause that they were prevented from reporting because of the emergency. Employees not designated essential may be required to work during a weather emergency. During the year, extreme weather conditions may exist and roadway emergencies may be declared by local sheriffs in certain counties, yet no formal weather emergency is declared by the Governor or designee and State public offices remain open. Should this situation occur, Agency Directors agency directors and department heads are encouraged to exercise their judgment and discretion to permit non-essential employees to use any accrued vacation, personal or compensatory leave, if such employees choose not to come to work due to extenuating circumstances caused by extreme weather conditions. Non-essential employees with no or inadequate accrued leave may be granted leave without pay. Nothing in this Section section prevents an appointing authority from using his/her discretion to temporarily reassign non-essential employees to indoor job duties, consistent with their job classification, so that such employees are not performing unnecessary road road- or travel-related duties during days or shifts of especially inclement weather.

Weather Emergency. Employees directed not to report to work or sent home due to a weather emergency as declared by the Director of the Department of Public Safety, shall be granted leave with pay at regular rate for their scheduled work hours during the duration of the weather emergency. The Director of the Department of Public Safety is the Governor’s designee to declare a weather emergency which affects the obligation of State employees to travel to and from work. Employees required to report to work or required to stay at work during such weather emergency shall receive their total rate of pay for hours worked during the weather emergency. In addition, employees who work during a weather emergency declared under this Section section shall receive a stipend of eight dollars ($8.00) dollars per hour worked. An emergency shall be considered to exist when declared by the Employer, for the county, area or facility where an employee lives or works. For the purpose of this Sectionsection, an emergency shall not be considered to be an occurrence which is normal or reasonably foreseeable to the place of employment and/or position description of the employee. Each year, by the first day of October, all Agencies agencies must create and maintain a list of essential employees. Essential employees are those employees whose presence at the work site is critical to maintaining operations during any weather emergency. Essential employees normally consist of a skeletal crew of employees necessary to maintain essential office functions, such as those State employees who are essential to maintaining security, health and safety, and critical office operations. Employees who are designated as essential employees shall be advised of the designation and provided appropriate documentation. Essential employees shall be advised that they should expect to work during weather emergencies unless otherwise advised. However, they are not guaranteed work. Nothing in this Section section prevents an appointing authority from using his or her discretion in sending essential employees home or instructing them not to report for work once a weather emergency has been declared. Essential employees who do not report when required during an emergency must show cause that they were prevented from reporting because of the emergency. During the year, extreme weather conditions may exist and roadway emergencies may be declared by local sheriffs in certain counties, yet no formal weather emergency is declared by the Governor or designee and State public offices remain open. Should this situation occur, Agency Directors agency directors and department heads are encouraged to exercise their judgment and discretion to permit non-essential employees to use any accrued vacation, personal or compensatory leave, if such employees choose not to come to work due to extenuating circumstances caused by extreme weather conditions. Non-essential employees with no or inadequate accrued leave may be granted leave without pay. Nothing in this Section section prevents an appointing authority from using his/her discretion to temporarily reassign non-essential employees to indoor job duties, consistent with their job classification, so that such employees are not performing unnecessary road road- or travel-related duties during days or shifts of especially inclement weather.

Weather Emergency. Employees directed not to work (e.g. directed not to report to work or sent home from work and not directed to telework) due to a weather emergency as declared by the Director of the Department of Public Safety, shall be granted leave with pay at regular rate for their scheduled work hours during the duration of the weather emergency. The Director of the Department of Public Safety is the Governor’s designee to declare a weather emergency which affects the obligation of State employees to travel to and from work. Employees required to work at the location of the declared emergency (when others are not required to work) to report to work or required to stay at work during such weather emergency shall receive their total rate of pay for hours worked during the weather emergency. In addition, employees who are required to work at the location of the declared emergency (when others are not required to work) during a weather emergency declared under this Section shall receive a stipend of eight dollars ($8.00) per hour worked. Employees (essential or non-essential) who are teleworking, directed to telework, or directed to work at an alternative work location shall not be entitled to payment under this Section. An emergency shall be considered to exist when declared by the EmployerEmployer Director of the Department of Public Safety, for the county, area or facility where an employee lives or works. For the purpose of this Section, an emergency shall not be considered to be an occurrence which is normal or reasonably foreseeable to the place of employment and/or position description of the employee. Each year, by the first day of October, all Agencies must create and maintain a list of essential employees. Essential employees are those employees whose presence at the work site is critical to maintaining operations during any weather emergency. Essential employees normally consist of a skeletal crew of employees necessary to maintain essential office functions, such as those State employees who are essential to maintaining security, health and safety, and critical office operations. Employees who are designated as essential employees shall be advised of the designation and provided appropriate documentation. Essential employees shall be advised that they should expect to work during weather emergencies unless otherwise advised. However, they are not guaranteed work. Nothing in this Section prevents an appointing authority from using his or her discretion in directing sending essential employees home or instructing them not to report for work or sending them home (on leave or to telework) once a weather emergency has been declared. Essential employees Employees who do not report when are non-essential may also be required to work during an emergency must show cause that they were prevented from reporting because of the a declared weather emergency. During the year, extreme weather conditions may exist and roadway emergencies may be declared by local sheriffs in certain counties, yet no formal weather emergency is declared by the Director of the Department of Public Safety Governor or designee and State public offices remain open. Should this situation occur, Agency Directors and department heads are encouraged to exercise their judgment and discretion to permit non-essential employees to use any accrued vacation, personal or compensatory leave, if such employees choose not to come to work due to extenuating circumstances caused by extreme weather conditions. Non-essential employees with no or inadequate accrued leave may be granted leave without pay. Nothing in this Section prevents an appointing authority from using his/her discretion to temporarily reassign non-essential employees to indoor job duties, consistent with their job classification, or to an alternative location so that such employees are not performing unnecessary road or travel-related duties during days or shifts of especially inclement weather.