53 Jury Duty Leave New England Security encourages employees to fulfill their civic duties related to jury duty. If you are summoned for jury duty, notify your Manager as soon as possible to make scheduling arrangements. You will be paid your regular wages for the first three days of juror service or any part thereof. For any additional days, time spent on jury duty will be unpaid. You may opt to use PTO in place of unpaid leave. The Company reserves the right to require employees to provide proof of jury duty service to the extent authorized by law. The Company will not retaliate against employees who request or take leave in accordance with this policy. Paid Sick Leave (Accrual Method) New England Security provides paid sick leave to eligible employees in accordance with the Massachusetts Earned Sick Time Law. Eligibility All employees whose primary place of employment is Massachusetts are eligible for sick leave. Reasons for Leave Sick leave may be taken for the following reasons: • To care for your own or a family member's physical or mental illness, injury, or medical condition that requires home care, professional medical diagnosis or care, or preventative medical care. • To attend your own or a family member's medical appointments. • To address the physical, legal, or psychological effects of domestic violence inflicted on you or your child. Family member means: • Your child (including a biological, adopted, foster, or step child; legal ward; or person for whom you have assumed parental responsibilities). • Your spouse. • You or your spouse's parents (including a biological, adoptive, foster, or step parent, or any person who assumed parental responsibilities over you or your spouse as a child). Accrual and Usage Eligible employees accrue one hour of sick leave for every 30 hours worked per leave year, up to a maximum of 40 hours. New employees begin accruing sick leave on their first day of employment. For purposes of this policy, the leave year is a calendar year. If you are classified as exempt, you are presumed to work 40 hours per week, unless you are normally scheduled to work fewer than 40 hours, in which case sick leave accrues based on your normal schedule. You may use up to 40 hours of sick leave per leave year, and you may begin using sick leave on your 90th calendar day of employment. The smallest amount of sick leave you may take is one hour. You may carry over up to 40 hours of unused sick leave to the following leave year. Notice
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