Jackson County is included in the 10 fastest growing counties in the country yet offers an abundance of open spaces and unspoiled views of the state's Piedmont Region - just south of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The climate is moderate, pleasant, and enjoyable for a wide variety of outdoor activities.
Main article: Leave of absence. Paid time off or personal time off (PTO) is a policy in some employee handbooks that provides a bank of hours in which the employer pools sick days, vacation days, and personal days that allows employees to use as the need or desire arises. If PTO hours go unused, employees may sometimes call in sick near the end of the year so they can obtain the benefit of paid leave before it disappears. 2  Employers may counter this tendency by paying employees for some or all of their unused days at year-end or upon retirement or resignation.
Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy. In thoracic surgery, a pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE) is an operation that removes organized clotted blood (thrombus) from the pulmonary arteries. Contents. 1 Indication. 2 Description of the surgery.