Community service ranks high among Colorado College's priorities. Full-time staff employees may request leave with pay to voluntarily participate in any of the civic or charitable-related trips sponsored by Colorado College such as in the Center for Community Service Streetwise/Breakout programs. Colorado College offers this paid leave as a benefit to full-time staff scheduled to work during the community service event but does not request or require them to participate in these civic or charitable-related trips. Such participation in these programs is voluntary and not considered work-related or part of a staff employee's job duties, and therefore is not compensated work time other than those days the staff employee is normally scheduled to work.

The following guidelines apply to this policy:

A. Staff employees may be granted up to four (4) days of paid leave per calendar year under this policy for days that they are scheduled to participate in a community service event. No stipends or other forms of payment beyond the participant's salary are allowed. Paid leave is not granted for days that employees are scheduled not to work.

B. Staff employees requesting paid leave under this policy shall submit a written request to their supervisors. If the leave request is approved by the supervisor, the staff member may register for the program through the Center for Community Service.

C. No leave under this policy shall be granted to employees who fail to submit such leave requests forms in advance of any trips.

D. Supervisor approval is required for all authorized leave under this policy. Supervisors may deny leave requests due to departmental workload, to avoid any disruption in scheduling of employees or for other operational or business needs.

E. Staff employees who are granted leave under this policy are not entitled to any overtime compensation or any reimbursement for travel, lodging, meals, and other trip-related expenses.

F. Accidents that occur during community service are covered by the workers compensation insurance carrier.

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