In Procedures

COUNTY OF SAN MATEO HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT Inter-Departmental Correspondence DATE: April 2015 TO: All Supervisory and Management Employees FROM: Nicole McKay, Employee & Labor Relations Manager SUBJECT: Employee Relations Bulletin 6 Failure to Return From Leave Concerns have been raised around situations where scheduling prohibits a supervisor from granting the full amount of leave requested by an employee and, in order to achieve the amount of leave desired, the employee calls in claiming that, due to some unusual event or circumstance, he/she is unable to return and must extend the leave. Supervisors and managers are uncertain of their authority to deny these extensions and/or toRead More →

In PDA 15. Leaves of Absence

Refusal of Leave or Failure to Return After Leave:  Failure to report for duty after a leave of absence request has been disapproved, revoked, or canceled by the appointing authority, or at the expiration of a leave, shall be considered an absence without leave. Absence Without Leave: Absence from duty without leave for any length of time without an explanation satisfactory to the appointing authority is cause for dismissal.  Absence without leave for four (4) or more consecutive days without an explana­tion satisfactory to the appointing authority shall be deemed a tender of resignation.  If within thirty (30) days after the first day of absenceRead More →

In DSA-Sworn Safety

Refusal of Leave or Failure to Return After Leave: Failure to report for duty after a leave of absence request has been disapproved, revoked or canceled by the appointing authority, or at the expiration of a leave, shall be considered an absence without leave. Absence Without Leave: Absence from duty without leave for any length of time without an explanation satisfactory to the appointing authority is cause for dismissal. Absence without leave for four or more consecutive days without an explanation satisfactory to the appointing authority shall be deemed a tender of resignation. If within thirty days after the first day of absence without leaveRead More →