A personal leave of absence at the request of the employee may be granted upon the approval of the Court in accordance with the rules established herein. An approved leave of absence shall be required when the employee will be absent on his or her own accord for more than five consecutive work days. Any request for excused absence for a period of less than five consecutive work days may be granted by the employee's supervisor without the necessity of preparing formal leave request to the Court, however, routine time-off paperwork must be prepared and submitted. Formal requests for leave of absence shall be in writing, in duplicate; shall be signed by the employee stating the reason for the leave; and shall be approved by the Court. One copy shall be retained by the employee and one copy by the Court Administrator's office.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require the docking of pay from FLSA-exempt employees for partial-day absences when paid leave is not used.