of AJK. The employee’s supervisor may approve additional unpaid time off. An employee will be allowed to use accrued PTO. LEAVE FOR REPRODUCTIVE LOSS AJK grants up to 5 days leave of absence to employees in the event of a reproduce loss event. A reproductive loss event is as follows: • Failed adoption • Failed surrogacy • Miscarriage • Stillbirth • Unsuccessful assisted reproduction Employees must be employed with AJK for 30 days to take this leave. Leave can be nonconsecutive but must be completed within three months of the event. Leave for Reproductive loss is unpaid, but employees may use accrued PTO. JURY DUTY AND WITNESS LEAVE AJK encourages employees to serve on jury duty when called. Unless otherwise required by state or federal law, AJK does not pay for this time off. An employee will be allowed to use accrued PTO. Exempt employees will continue to receive their regular salary for any week in which they perform any work while on jury duty, pursuant to state and federal law. TIME OFF FOR VOTING If an employee does not have sufficient time outside of working hours to vote in an official state- sanctioned election, the employee may take off enough working time to vote. Such time off shall be taken at the beginning or the end of the regular working shift, whichever allows for more free time, and the time taken off shall be combined with the voting time available outside of working hours to a maximum of two hours combined. Under these circumstances, an employee will be allowed a maximum of two hours of time off during an election day without loss of pay. When possible, an employee requesting time off to vote shall give their supervisor at least two days’ notice. ORGAN AND BONE MARROW DONOR LEAVE Employees who have been employed for at least ninety (90) days and who provide written verification to AJK that they are an organ or bone marrow donor are entitled to receive a paid job protected leave of absence that may be taken in one or more periods in order to donate. Eligible organ donors are entitled to a leave of absence not to exceed thirty (30) business days in any one-year period of time. Such employees may also be eligible for an additional unpaid leave of absence not to exceed thirty (30) business days in any one-year period of time if they have exhausted all available sick leave. Eligible bone marrow donors are entitled to a leave of absence not to exceed five (5) business days in any one-year period. Employees will be required to use Revised January 2024 Page 51 of 55
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