Follow-up to Staff Meeting: Jury Duty Pay

As a follow-up to our discussion at yesterday's staff meeting about jury duty (and whether you need to take vacation or come back to work), here's that the city policy says:

Administrative Procedure 3-11 -- Absence

6.13 Court Related Absence

• 6.13.1 Employees shall be paid for court-related absences when the court appearance is in response to a summons for jury duty . . . 
• 6.13.2  Employees summoned for jury duty shall be required to furnish proof of summons and shall be paid for time spent in court and thirty (30) minutes  travel  time after release from court only when such time can be validated by an instrument of the court, such as a court attendance slip . . . 
• 6.13.3  Subpoenas, summons, or other such court-ordered appearances shall be treated and compensated in the same manner as jury duty only when such sppearance is related, directly or indirectly, to City business or to the employee's role as a City employee . . . 

So, you will be paid for the time you spent at jury duty and 30 minutes of travel time to return to work--provided you bring official court attendance slip, such as the work release form provided by Municipal Court.

You can find more information about attendance and paid absences in the following:

1. The City ofHouston Employee Guidebook (also on the Kendall blog “Quick Links” page) provides a good overview and will direct you to the appropriate City policy, which can be found on the Administrative Policies and Procedures page— http://www.houstontx.gov/adminpolicies.html —of the city website.
2. The Library’s attendance policies and procedures can be found on the Intranet under Forms + Documents > Policies and Procedures > H.R. > 5.1 Hours: Time and Attendance Reporting.

Karen

Staff Meeting Notes 9-17-14

11:15 – 11:45 AM, Breakroom

1. Updates & Reminders:
1. Electronic Timekeeping Policy 2-4 (Karen); handout
2. Progress with MY LINK launch (Karen/Meg)
3. Password Manager Enrollment & ESS Portal (Meg); also on Quick Links page, under "Staff Links"
2. Circulation Training (Alisa) [rescheduled for Oct.]

Quick Notes

• FLIP Kit surveys: Please review the survey(s) for completeness before issuing a pass to the Children’s Museum.
• Overdrive: Customers will need to contact email reference to have their Overdrive account merged with their new number. (See front page of catalog.)

Upcoming Staff Events

• Friday, September 19: Payday
• Wednesday, September 24: Staff Training Meeting
• Thursday, September 25: Outreach at Mahaney & Cummings Elementary
• Friday, September 26: Last day of Pay Period
• Wednesday, October 1: Open Discussion Meeting
• Wednesday, October 1: CMC begins
• Friday, October 3: Payday
• Friday, October 31: Annual Health Assessment Due

Open Discussion Meeting 9/3/14

H.E.B. My Link Updates:

• We will receive new H.E.B. My Link cards on or before September 9.
•  The new card campaign and the amnesty period will begin on Wednesday, September 10.
• During the two-week amnesty period (September 10-23), fines up to $24.99 will be forgiven (as long as they are not in collection). The customer must sign up for a new card to take advantage of the amnesty.
• We (staff) should wear red HPL shirts (or a plain white shirt or a plain red shirt with our MY LINK badges) from Wednesday, September 10 through Wednesday, September 17.

 Circulation:

• Please be careful about discharging Nintendo DS’s and Wii Remotes upon their return. It’s a good practice to just scan items (remotes, books, etc.) that are just lying around on the desks to make sure they are checked in and in the right place.
• When items fall into the wrong bin in the sorter, please run the item again or discharge it manually (to be sure it’s checked in).
• If there is a problem with a customer’s account that may appear to be due to a system error, please do a print screen and email it to Fred along with an explanation of the problem.
•  Please read Crystal’s emails (also posted on the blog) regarding library card applications. She reviews important information about what to do with accounts in collection and using the Lost Card Wizard.
• From Juli – If a customer returns a disc without a case (or a case without a disc), please ask the customer where they returned the item originally (if it was a different location).

General Info:

• When sorting, please pay attention to where you are placing items. The bins against the wall have new signs directing you where to place items.
• We are back to our regularly-scheduled programs for kids and teens. Please see Leona and/or Jasmine if you have any suggestions or feedback regarding programming.
•  Room reservations:
• Remember to remind customers who reserve rooms about our policies, particularly NO selling of goods and services.
• Leave 30 minutes in between reservations.