An NPC has the right to terminate when an employee is absent from work without notification or permission. A policy should be in place that defines the time period that an employee can be absent from work without notification or permission prior to termination.

Principal Investigators should immediately notify NPC personnel of an employee’s absence from work and give documentation to the NPC for the employee’s personnel file.

An employee who is absent from work for three or more consecutive days without notification or permission of the supervisor will have abandoned his/her job. The employee will be considered to have voluntarily terminated his or her employment. Any wages and vacation pay due will be sent to the employee's home address during the next normal pay period. Any obligations or equipment (i.e., travel tickets, unearned vacation, computers, etc.) to the NPC will be deducted from the final paycheck.

[Note: In some states deductions from pay can be made only if the employee has given advanced authorization]