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<br />. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />City of La Porte <br />Personnel Policies <br /> <br />CHAPTER 6 <br />ABSENCE <br /> <br />SECTION 1 - GENERAL AlTENDANCE <br /> <br />Employees shall be required to be at their places of work in accordance with these rules <br />and their departmental regulations. All departments shall maintain daily attendance <br />records. . <br /> <br />Regular full time personnel are scheduled to work forty (40) hours per week or 2,080 <br />hours per year. Twenty-four (24) hour shift personnel will be scheduled to work a <br />minimum of fifty-three (53) hours per week or 2,756 hours per year. <br /> <br />SECTION 2 - EXCUSED ABSENCE <br /> <br />Excused absences are defined as those which are outlined in this chapter and approved <br />by the Department Director. Examples of some excused absences are paid sick leave, <br />vacation, holidays, emergency leave, and injury leave. <br /> <br />To be eligible for an excused absence of sick or emergency leave, an employee must <br />contact their supervisor no later than fifteen (15) minutes after the start of the employee's <br />regularly scheduled starting time, unless superseded by departmental rules. Other <br />excusable leaves of absence shall be pre-approved by the Department Director according <br />to department regulations. <br /> <br />Employees must provide their supervisor with the reason for the absence and the date <br />and time the employee expects to return to work. The fifteen minute provision may be <br />waived by the supervisor due to extenuating circumstances. <br /> <br />SECTION 3 - UNEXCUSED ABSENCE <br /> <br />Unexcused absence may be defined as follows. This list is not intended to be all <br />inclusive: <br /> <br />1. Tardiness <br />2. Unverified sick time <br />3. Unauthorized time off <br />4. Failure to call supervisor within fifteen minutes as outlined in Section 2. <br /> <br />An employee may be required to furnish a doctor or hospital statement to the supervisor <br />verifying an illness or accident and medically releasing the employee from any of the <br />following circumstances in order for the absence to be considered excused: <br /> <br />1. When an illness or accident caused the employee to be hospitalized. <br />2. When the absence was for more than three (3) consecutive work days. <br />Twenty-four hour shift personnel may be required to submit said medical <br />statement if absence exceeded two (2) consecutive work days. <br /> <br />19 <br />