NTEU
JFK CHAPTER 153
When the Employer determines it is necessary to close a post of duty because of
hazardous weather or emergency conditions, or when such conditions prevent an
employee from reporting to work when the post of duty is not closed.   In the latter
circumstance, in order to be granted excused absence, the employee must provide
the Employer with evidence that (s)he made a reasonable effort to report to work
but that such conditions prevented him or her from doing so. Factors the Employer
will consider in granting such requests may include: the distance between the
employee’s residence and place of work; the mode of transportation normally used
by the employee; efforts by the employee to report to work; the success of other
similarly situated employees to report to work; physical disability of the employee;
and local travel restrictions. Excused absences granted under this provision will
only be for the period in which the employee was reasonably prevented from
reporting for work.
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