Sick Leave

Florida does not currently mandate paid sick leave for private sector employers, and Florida law preempts local governments from establishing their own paid sick leave requirements (Fla. Stat. Section 218.077). The Company nevertheless provides paid sick leave as a Company benefit under the terms described below. Employees will not be discriminated or retaliated against for requesting or using accrued paid sick time. Any questions about this policy should be directed to Human Resources.

Eligible Employees

All employees, whether regular full time, regular part time, or temporary, who have worked for the Company for 30 or more days within a year of their start date are eligible to accrue paid sick time under this policy. Employees may not, however, take paid sick time until they have completed 90 days of employment from their date of hire.

Amount

The Company makes three days, or 24 hours, of paid sick time available to eligible employees on their first day of employment. The 90 day employment requirement must be met before any of this time may actually be used.

Unused paid sick time does not carry over from one year to the next. The Company will instead deposit three days, or 24 hours, of paid sick time into each employee's leave bank on the anniversary of hire, and the full amount is available at the beginning of each 12 month period.

The Company does not pay employees for unused paid sick time.

Reasons Sick Leave May Be Used

Paid sick time may be used for the following purposes:

• Diagnosis, care, or treatment of an existing health condition of the employee or a covered family member, as defined below.
• Preventive care for the employee or a covered family member.
• Specified purposes when the employee is the victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking. See the Company's policy on Domestic Violence Leave for details.

For purposes of this policy, a covered "family member" includes:

• A "child," meaning a biological, foster, or adopted child; a stepchild; or a legal ward, regardless of the child's age or dependency status. A child also includes any person for whom the employee has assumed the duties and responsibilities of a parent, even if there is no legal relationship.
• A "parent," meaning a biological, foster, or adoptive parent; a stepparent; or a legal guardian of the employee or of the employee's spouse or registered domestic partner. A parent also includes any person who assumed the duties and responsibilities of a parent toward the employee while the employee was a minor child, even without a legal relationship.
• A spouse.
• A registered domestic partner.
• A grandparent.
• A grandchild.
• A sibling.

Use of Paid Sick Leave

• When the need for paid sick leave is foreseeable, the employee must give advance oral or written notice to the supervisor. When the need is not foreseeable, notice should be provided to the supervisor as soon as practical.
• Sick leave may be used in increments of one hour.
• Use of paid sick time may run concurrently with other leaves available under local, state, or federal law.

Health information about the employee or a covered family member, as well as information related to domestic violence or sexual assault involving the employee or a covered family member, will be kept confidential. This information will not be disclosed except to the affected employee or as required by law.