Strict punctuality and attendance

(1) Strict punctuality shall be observed in attendance at the office and absence from place of work shall be authorized by the Clerk or the Deputy Clerk. Any Officer who is late or absent in any one day without an adequate excuse to the satisfaction of the Clerk may be subject to a deduction from his salary. (2) The deduction shall be recovered from the Officer's salary at the end of the month following that for which the penalty is imposed. It shall be calculated on the basis of the Officer’s regular hourly rate of pay and shall be equivalent to the salary for the period during which he was late or absent 32 National Assembly Staff (3) In addition to the deduction referred to in 1) and (2) above, an Officer may be subject to other additional penalties set out in these Regulations if the Clerk recommends the imposition by the Committee of such penalties, due to an Officer's persistent late attendance or absenteeism from work-