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Sarpy County employee says March snow day was recorded as PTO, urges policy change

2806349 · March 27, 2025
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Summary

Tom Sempek, a Sarpy County Treasurer’s Office employee, told the county’s Personnel Policy Board that a March 19 snow closure was recorded as comp time and paid time off on his time card. He urged clearer inclement-weather rules; the board later approved a new timekeeping policy at the same meeting.

Tom Sempek, an employee in the Sarpy County Treasurer’s Office, told the Sarpy County Personnel Policy Board on March 27 that a March 19 snow day was recorded on his time card as comp time and paid time off rather than as a county closure.

"Imagine my surprise when I found out this snow day was not reflected as a county closure but rather as comp time and PTO in my time card," Sempek said during the meeting’s public comment period.

Sempek said he received a message…

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