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<section number="16-222" name="Administrative leave" law="code" slug="sec-16-222" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_16PE_DIV17LE_S16-222ADLE">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Administrative leave may be granted to any full-time or part-time employee by the employee's appointing authority for any one (1) of the following reasons:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Performance of jury duty;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Where an employee is subpoenaed to appear before a court or otherwise officially requested to appear before a public body, public agency or commission on matters relating to government business;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2.1">
      <text>When summoned as a witness in a criminal case;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>For the purpose of voting not to exceed two (2) hours following the opening of the polls or two (2) hours prior to the closing of the polls;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>For the attendance in an official capacity as a representative of the County, at meetings, symposiums, conferences, conventions, or hearings;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>For the purpose of taking educational courses directly related to the employee's work as determined by the employee's appointing authority; provided that such requests for administrative leave shall be approved in advance by the Director of Human Resources Management and shall not exceed a total of twenty (20) working days, or the prorated hourly equivalent thereof for part-time employees, in any one annual leave year;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>For the purpose of investigating an alleged act of misconduct by an employee as required under the provisions of Section 16-193(c)(2)(A)(ii);</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Participation in blood donor program;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>Guard of honor at burial services;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>For the purpose of undergoing a medical examination as may be required by the employee's appointing authority under the provisions of Sections 16-189 or 16-221(f)(2);</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>For the employee in interest to consult with appropriate County personnel regarding grievances and adverse action appeals, applicable equal employment opportunity programs, skills assessment, and benefit planning and counseling;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <text>For the purpose of emergency volunteer services in public safety activities as defined in the County Code by an employee not in a public safety class of work for not more than three (3) hours on any one occasion; provided that the employee requesting administrative leave for this purpose has previously notified the appointing authority in writing of the employee's volunteer firefighting commitment;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="12">
      <text>For the purpose of permitting an employee to be placed on leave during the five (5) day notice period required in Section 16-201, when the appointing authority believes that the employee's presence at work would not be in the agency's best interest;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="13">
      <text>For the purpose of volunteering in the Prince George's County public and private schools not to exceed thirty (30) hours per year to support the schools in the areas of remediation and recovery activities particularly in reading and mathematics;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="14">
      <text>For bereavement leave in accordance with Section 16-221(e)(1)(G), not to exceed three working days in the event of the death of an employee's spouse, child, or parent and not to exceed one working day in the event of the death of any other member of the employee's family.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In addition to the provisions of Subsection (a), above, administrative leave may be granted to any full-time or part-time employees by the County Executive, or the County Executive's designee, for any one of the following reasons:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Extreme inclement weather, or other hazardous working conditions, which may prevent an employee from reporting to work or which may require an early release from work; or,</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Performance of emergency civilian duty in the public interest.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
