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19 <br />Orange County Personnel Ordinance Issue Date: August 5, 2011 <br />12.1 Jury Duty - The employee called for jury duty is paid for regularly scheduled <br />hours. <br />12.2 Witness duty (not work - related) - The employee may be paid for regularly <br />scheduled work time during which the employee is subpoenaed to appear as a <br />witness and remits any fees received to the County. The employee may elect to <br />take vacation leave with pay, if any, and keep any fees received. <br />12.3 Civil Leave is not granted for an employee's appearance (not work - related) in <br />court as a plaintiff or defendant. <br />12.4 Time spent on official County duties in court is work time and Civil leave does <br />not apply. Employees must turn over to Orange County any fees awarded by the <br />courts for court appearances in connection with their official duties. <br />12.5 Civil leave needs to be reported to department heads at the time notice is received. <br />A department head may request a copy of the notice as needed to verify the <br />employee's attendance in court. <br />13.0 Maternity Leave <br />Maternity leave shall be granted when the employee desires to be away from work due to <br />pregnancy, childbirth and recovery therefrom, and related conditions. Maternity leave is <br />available to full -time permanent, and part-time permanent employees. <br />13.1 In accordance with the County's policy on Equal Employment Opportunity, <br />employees will not be penalized in employment due to pregnancy, miscarriage, <br />childbirth, recovery, and the time away from work each condition requires. <br />13.2 Limitation of employment before childbirth is prohibited by Federal Law; <br />therefore, based on the type and nature of work performed, each department head <br />shall be responsible for determining, in consultation with the employee and upon <br />advice received from the employee's physician, how far into pregnancy the <br />employee may continue to work before going on leave. <br />13.3 The employee shall be granted maternity leave, not to exceed six months. <br />13.4 To receive maternity leave, an employee must apply in writing to their supervisor <br />who in turn presents the request to the County Manager for approval. Once the <br />dates of leave are determined, the employee is obligated to return to work as <br />scheduled unless a physician advises against it. In this case, the employee should <br />notify the County Manager immediately. Failure to do so will be considered a <br />resignation. <br />Article IV - Page 17 <br />