Division 2. Attendance

All employees shall be required to attend work regularly, to be punctual in reporting for duty at the prescribed time, and to work the number of hours prescribed in their standard work weeks, where applicable, unless absent on authorized and approved leave. All appointing authorities and supervisors shall be responsible for the proper attendance of employees under their jurisdiction. The Director of Human Resources Management shall develop personnel procedures, as defined in Section 16-102(a)(32) establishing standards and requirements for the recording and reporting of employee attendance.

Work schedules shall be prescribed in writing by each appointing authority for all employees under the appointing authority's jurisdiction. The work schedules, as prescribed by appointing authorities in the Executive Branch, shall be approved by the County Executive or the County Executive's designee; and the work schedules, as prescribed by appointing authorities in the Legislative Branch, shall be approved by the County Council as a body or the County Council's designee. The foregoing shall not be construed to preclude the County Executive or the County Council, as the case may be, from approving work schedules based upon policies of flexible working hours, such policies being commonly referred to as "flex-time" or establishing alternative work site programs that allow work under defined standards.