Policy Standards, Section I, Maintenance of Professional Practice System Tardiness is the failure of an employee to be at the assigned duty area and ready to work at the start of the scheduled work time. Each 15 minutes or part thereof of any tardiness will be recorded as 15 minutes of unpaid time for payroll purposes. Each episode of tardiness is recorded as a one-half occurrence.
Chronic tardiness is cause for progressive disciplinary action.
An employee who is going to be late notifies nursing unit or follows unit policy.