While the vast majority of employees have a strong commitment to their work and excellent attendance, it is also clear that unnecessary absenteeism has a negative impact upon student achievement due to interruption of the continuity of instruction, and results in reduced productivity, loss of service, and significant costs to the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). The LAUSD Board of Education expects:

- Employees to maintain regular attendance and avoid absenteeism;
- Employees to work every hour that they are assigned;
- Employees to be at their work stations on time every working day;
- Employees to comply with legal restrictions, LAUSD policy and procedures, and the respective collective bargaining rules regarding reporting of absence and providing appropriate documentation;
- Supervisors to explain and insist upon regular attendance, maintain accurate employee attendance records, monitor employee attendance, provide performance feedback to employees and enforce all employee attendance policies and standards through employee performance evaluations and discipline processes.
- The District will make every attempt to avoid scheduling activities that contribute to staff absenteeism.

LAUSD seeks to assist administrators and supervisors to efficiently manage attendance, improve employee effectiveness through reduced absenteeism, and guide employees in appropriate use of illness and personal necessity time. Illness leaves are provided to ease the financial burden on employees who are unavoidably required to be absent from duty due to legitimate illness, injury, or personal necessity. Personal necessity leaves are provided for only eleven specific causes. Employees who use illness and personal necessity leaves for unauthorized reasons are in violation of District policy and related laws. Failure to comply with this policy can result in appropriate disciplinary action, up to and including termination.

Reference: Bd. Of Ed. Report No. 393-0304 Adopted 7/13/04

The District expects every employee to be at work, on time, every scheduled work day, but understands that circumstances happen that may cause the employee to miss time from work. In the 2011-2012 school year, Superintendent Deasy made improving District-wide Staff Attendance to 96% or better one ot the goals on his Performance Meter. The Attendance Program assists employees in managing their attendance by:

-Making employees aware of the District's Attendance Policy and the impact of absences on the workplace

-Educating employees on the provisions of the Family Medical Leave Act/California Family Rights Act (FMLA/CFRA), other "protected" leaves, and Workers' Compensation.

Employees should be aware of their school/office policy on absences and tardies, call-in procedures, and documentation requirements as it may vary from site to site.

Employees can track time reporting to ensure accuracy by logging on to the Employee Self Service website at http://selfservice.lausd.net.

Using the employee's Single-Sign On and password, they can access time reporting information in the "Time Area", reprint paystubs or W-2s in the "Pay Area", and update their address and contact information in the "Personal Information" screen.