School Visitation and Child Care Activities Leave

Florida does not require private employers to provide leave for school or child care visitation. The Company offers the following as a matter of policy. An employee who is the parent or guardian of a child who has been suspended and who is required to appear at the child's school may take unpaid time off, provided that reasonable advance notice of the need for time off is given to Human Resources.

Employees who are the parent, guardian, stepparent, foster parent, or grandparent with custody of children in kindergarten through grade 12, or of children attending a licensed day care facility, may take up to 40 hours of unpaid leave per calendar year to participate in activities at the child's school or day care facility, unless they work at a site with fewer than 25 employees. This leave should not exceed eight hours in any single calendar month. Requests must be made in advance of the planned absence, and employees must provide documentation from the school or day care facility verifying their participation.

This time may be used to find, enroll, or reenroll a child in a school or with a licensed child care provider, or to participate in activities at the child's school or provider.

Time off may also be used to address a "child care provider or school emergency," with notice to the Company. A "child care provider or school emergency" means that the child cannot remain in school or with a child care provider for one of the following reasons:

• The school or child care provider has asked that the child be picked up, or has an attendance policy (excluding planned holidays) that prohibits the child from attending or requires the child to be picked up;
• Behavioral or discipline problems;
• Closure or unexpected unavailability of the school or child care provider, excluding planned holidays; or
• A natural disaster, including but not limited to fire, earthquake, or flood.

Documentation from the school or licensed child care provider verifying the employee's involvement on the date and time of the absence must be provided to the supervisor.

If more than one parent works for the Company, the first parent to request the leave will receive the time off. Another parent will receive the time off only if the leave is approved by their supervisor.

Employees must use available PTO in order to receive compensation for this time off.

Nonexempt employees who do not have paid time off available will take the time off without pay. Exempt employees may receive paid time off when necessary to comply with state and federal wage and hour laws.