602 Paid Time Off (PTO)

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Northview Church defines PTO as vacation, personal days and sick days. Northview believes in a healthy work-life balance and encourages staff members to take time off for personal rejuvenation. Northview Church has designed the following paid time off policy for anyone working 24 hours or more per week.

• All PTO hours may be used as needed for any reason.
• The amount of paid time off available in a calendar year is determined by the anniversary date of full-time employment that is celebrated during that year.
• PTO is prorated for new staff based on date of hire. Please see chart below.

             

• The working years of employment shall be the total number of years worked consecutively at Northview since most recent hire date.
• PTO weeks for staff members are equivalent to the number of hours typically worked in an average week.
• Full-time salaried staff members’ PTO is based on a 40-hour workweek.
• A maximum of 2 weeks of PTO per quarter are allowed, not including parenting leave.
• PTO hours do not roll over; all hours must be used within the current calendar year, between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31.
• All requests for PTO must be submitted via TriNet for approval by the staff member’s supervisor. Approval must be received prior to taking the time off.
• Upon separation of employment, staff members will be paid for unused PTO on a prorated basis as long as at least a two-week notice was provided.
  Beginning year balance will be divided by 12 months, then multiplied by the number of completed months in the current year. Any PTO that has been used will be subtracted from that balance and any remaining balance will be paid on the employee's final paycheck. 
  
  

• A week equals four business days and one weekend.
• Only one vacation weekend is available for each week of vacation allowed. For example, if a staff member has three weeks of PTO, he or she may only take three weekends off – not including comp time.