Absent a suspension of normal operations, all staff are expected to make every effort commensurate with their personal safety to be at work.
Non-essential Staff
Non-essential staff who determine that their particular location or circumstances make it unsafe for them to travel may choose to stay home and will be expected to work from home or cover the absence with vacation or personal time.
If there is a suspension of normal operations, a resulting absence will be considered excused paid time off and will not be charged to a staff member’s vacation or personal time.
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Non-exempt staff who were scheduled to work that day should enter their time as if they worked their regular schedule by entering the REG pay code in PeopleSoft.
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Non-exempt staff who were not scheduled to work that day do not need to make any other adjustments in PeopleSoft, nor will they earn additional floating hours.
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Non-exempt staff who were not scheduled to work that day but were called in will enter their time with the REG pay code in PeopleSoft.
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If a staff member had a planned vacation or was otherwise not scheduled to work, that time would not be adjusted.
Essential Staff
For employees who have been designated as essential, the normal work expectations apply: every effort should be made to come to work, absent a previously approved absence or illness. In consideration of the safety of our employees, essential personnel, who find themselves in a specific circumstance that would make travel unsafe, must contact their supervisor as soon as possible for approval to be absent and to follow-up with the supervisor whenever a change in circumstances makes it safe to do so.
Local units should establish protocols to ensure that essential employees understand how to proceed if they are unable to come to work, especially in the case of the suspension of normal operations. Essential employees are to refer to their local department policies regarding emergency response.