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9.1.1 Accrual
Employees accumulate annual leave for every hour they work, up to 40 hours in a work week.
For full-time employees working less than 40 hours a week, the accrual rate is prorated based on
the employee’s normal work schedule. Barring any financial obligation that the employee may
have to nou Systems, Inc., accrued annual leave will be paid out when an employee leaves the
Company.

9.2 Personal Time Off

nSI also provides 48 hours of Personal Time Off each year. This leave may be used as sick leave
or for any other purpose. We offer this leave in lieu of sick leave because it gives our employees
the freedom to run errands, attend school functions, take sick leave, or handle personal matters
without using annual leave, or providing any justification for the leave. Personal Time Off is
accrued at a rate of 2.0 hours per pay period (48 hours/year). PTO can be used just like annual
leave, with one important difference. If an employee leaves the Company, accrued PTO will NOT
be paid out.

9.3 Maximum Leave Balance

The maximum balance of annual leave that can be carried from one calendar year to the next is
300 hours. PTO is capped at 96 hours.

9.4 Leave Requests
To request Annual Leave, an employee can enter the desired time off in nou Systems’ Deltek
Time and Expense. The Supervisor receives an email notification regarding the requested time
off. Leave requests are considered approved unless the employee gets an email from the
Supervisor disapproving the request. Annual leave requests should be made at least five business
days in advance, except for emergency situations.

9.5 Flextime and Compensatory Overtime
All full-time, salaried employees are eligible for overtime compensation as provided in this policy.
This policy does not address non-exempt employees.

It is not the normal policy of nou Systems, Inc. (nSI) to require its employees to work overtime in
the performance of services under its Governmental contracts. However, for significant tests or
other events, overtime hours may be required to complete the testing and analysis required by
the Government in an expedited manner. Under such circumstances, nSI will compensate
employees for overtime with two different methods for accommodating overtime: Flextime and
Compensatory (Comp) Time.

For more information contact the Human Resource Manager.

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