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241 F - Leaves of Absence
City of Greensboro Personnel Policy Manuał
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5.6 Any PLWOP that is purchased must be used within the calendar year, or the unused balance
will be forfeited.
5.7 PLWOP is not considered “earned” leave. Thus, a PLWOP balance is not required to be
exhausted before an employee is granted leave without pay. Payments for the PLWOP must be
maintained during the extended leave without pay.
5.8 PLWOP will not have a negative impact on an employee’s service time with the City.
5.9 PLWOP is a pre-taxed, voluntary reduction in salary. If PLWOP is taken during the highest 48
consecutive months of salary, it could affect an employee’s monthly pension benefit at retirement.
6.0 PROCEDURES
6.1 PLWOP Purchase
6.1 PLWOP Purchase
A. Once each year, employees will be given the opportunity to request PLWOP by electing it
during online Open Enrollment.
B. At the close of Open Enrollment processing the Department Director will receive a report
listing the Employee and amount of PLWOP hours purchased. The Director must then
notify Human Resources of any employee elections that are not approved prior to upload
into the employee’s account. The Human Resources Representative and Benefits Assistant are
responsible for communicating this deadline to the Directors.
C. The value of the PLWOP is determined for each employee by multiplying the employee’s
hourly rate of pay on December 31, times the number of hours being purchased.
D. The total value of the PLWOP is deducted in 24 equal installments over the full calendar
year. This deduction will be processed as a voluntary reduction in pay on a pre-tax basis.
E. The amount of PLWOP requested will be added to the employee’s account and will appear as
a separate leave balance on the employee’s pay check stub. The total value of the time purchased
will be subject to a pro-rated reduction should the employee leave City employment prior to
paying for hours used.
F. Employees are responsible for verifying the PLWOP hours were awarded and payment was
established by reviewing the January 15th paycheck. If the pay stub appears to be inconsistent,
the employee must contact the departmental Human Resources Representative or Benefits
Assistant immediately for corrections.
6.2 PLWOP Use
A. In order to use PLWOP, an employee must submit a PTO–PLWOP request in the City’s
time-keeping system in advance of the leave.