Policy Text
Communications Page 1 of 1 1/02.1 (REV10/98)
TARDINESS
The purpose of this order is to e stablish guidelines for docume nting unauthorized
tardiness. I. Policy
All employees are expected to be in the Communications Bureau a nd at roll
call/briefing or at their assigne d positions prepared to work a t the start of their
scheduled watches. Uniformed personnel are expected to be in un iform and
prepared to work at thei r assigned positions.
II. Procedure
A. Employees who have not previou sly arranged time off with the watch
supervisor, and who report to wor k late may be required to subm it an
inter-department correspondence ex plaining the reason for being late.
B. Employees who are late for any reason two or more times in a pay period
will have such events documented as a tardy incident. Employees
documented as being tardy four o r more times within six pay per iods will
have these events documented as a tardy incident.
C. The documentation of the tard y incident will include an inte r-department
correspondence from the employee ex plaining the reasons for the
tardiness. This documentation sha ll remain in the employee’s di vision
personnel file for 12 months.
D. Employees having three docum ented tardy incidents within 12 months
may be subject to disciplinary action.
III. Attendance Records
A. Watch supervisors shall record all incidents of tardiness in red ink on the
bi-weekly personnel schedule. Thi s information will be transfer red to the
employee’s attendance records a t the end of each pay period.