(1) Upon prior approval of the general manager or the general manager’s designee, employees may use accrued PTO for vacation or other personal reasons.

(2) Permissible use of PTO includes to care for the employee’s (a) minor child with a health condition that requires supervision; (b) spouse, registered domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law or grandparent with a serious or emergency health condition; or (c) adult child who is incapable of self-care because of a physical or mental disability.

(3) An employee may only use PTO as it is accrued; PTO will not be advanced by the district.

(4) Nonexempt employees may use PTO leave in increments of not less than 15 minutes. Exempt employees are generally not required to report PTO of less than four hours and therefore shall use PTO leave in more than four-hour increments. [Res. 767 § 2.2, 2018; Res. 331 § 6, 1977.]