Common use of Catastrophic Illness/Injury Leave Clause in Contracts

Catastrophic Illness/Injury Leave. In accordance with the provisions of AB 2007, Catastrophic Illness/Injury leave shall be available to all eligible employees. The purpose of this leave is to permit employees with a catastrophic illness or injury to have sick leave donated to them by fellow employees. A. A catastrophic illness or injury is one that is expected to incapacitate an employee for an extended period of time and the employee has used all of their paid leave of absences. B. A catastrophic illness/injury request shall be approved by the Catastrophic Illness/Injury Committee (CII) consisting of one (1) member assigned by the District, one (1) member assigned by the Guild, and one (1) member assigned by CSEA. The committee members shall elect its Chair. 1. Medical verification by the requesting employee's physician must be presented to the committee. 2. The requesting employee must be incapacitated or absent for an extended period of time no fewer than thirty (30) consecutive calendar days. 3. A written request must be submitted to the committee by the requesting employee or his/her representative. 4. The requesting employee may use donated leave as half or whole days and can use the leave retroactively. a. Four (4) hours in paid status and four (4) hours of donated leave or eight (8) hours of donated leave equals eight (8) hours pay and full health and welfare benefits. b. Four (4) hours of donated leave equals four (4) hours pay and, for this purpose, full health and welfare benefits. 5. Approved leave must be used within a twelve (12) month period after approval. a. Approved leave shall be placed in a special donated leave account for each approved employee. b. Each approved employee may draw upon their account for the twelve-month period only for the approved or related catastrophic illness/injury. c. Any unused leave shall revert to the Leave Bank for use of other employees who have been approved for a catastrophic illness/injury leave. d. In unusual circumstances, the CII Committee may consider a request to extend the period for up to one (1) additional year. C. Any employee may donate accrued sick leave, but must maintain seventy percent (70%) of accrued sick leave on record. The only exception is that employees retiring or terminating employment may donate leave without limitations. 1. Donated leave is irrevocable. Once donated it is lost to the donor. 2. Employees may donate leave ONLY to a Leave Bank for use by any approved applicant. 3. Donated leave shall be charged on the basis of hour-for-hour regardless of the classification family and/or salary schedule of employees donating leave and employees receiving leave. D. The District annually, or as requested by the CII Committee, shall promote a "call for leave donations" for the Leave Bank. In addition, the District shall give employees who terminate employment, resign, or retire, an opportunity to donate unused sick and/or vacation leave to the Leave Bank. 1. Unused donated leave reverting to the Leave Bank and specifically donated to the Leave Bank shall make up the Leave Bank. 2. Requests for Catastrophic Illness/Injury Leave are subject to availability. The CII Committee shall not be responsible for approving requests when there is no leave in the Leave Bank.

Catastrophic Illness/Injury Leave. 1. In accordance with the provisions of AB 2007the law, Education Code, Section 44043.5, Catastrophic Illness/Injury leave shall be available to all eligible employeesfaculty members. Eligible faculty members shall include probationary, tenured, and adjunct faculty. The purpose of this leave is to permit employees faculty with a catastrophic illness or injury and who are unable to have work at Glendale Community College or elsewhere to utilize paid leave by utilizing sick leave that has been donated to them by fellow employeesfaculty members. A. 2. A catastrophic illness or injury is one that is expected to incapacitate an employee a faculty member for an extended period of time and in which the employee faculty has used all of their his/her paid leave leaves of absencesabsence. B. 3. A catastrophic illness/injury illness request shall be approved by the Catastrophic Illness/Injury Committee (CII) consisting of one (1) member assigned by the District, one (1) member assigned by the Guild, and one (1) member assigned by CSEA. The committee members shall elect its own Chair.. Approval of the Committee is based upon: 1. a. Medical verification provided by the requesting employeefaculty member's licensed physician must be presented to the committee. 2. b. The requesting employee faculty must be incapacitated or absent for an extended period of time no fewer than thirty (30) consecutive calendar days. 3. c. A written request must be submitted to the committee by the requesting employee faculty member or hisher/her his representative. 4. d. The requesting employee approved probationary or tenured faculty members may use donated leave as whole days or half or whole days and can use the leave retroactivelyretroactively during the course of illness or injury. a. Four e. Probationary or tenured faculty members receiving the fifty percent (4) hours in paid status and four (450%) hours of donated leave or eight (8) hours of donated leave equals eight (8) hours pay and catastrophic illness/injury time retains full health and welfare benefitsbenefits for the duration of the donated catastrophic illness/injury. b. Four (4) hours of f. The approved adjunct faculty member shall use donated leave equals four (4) hours pay and, for this purpose, full health and welfare benefitsas paid hours. 54. Approved leave for probationary and tenured faculty must be used within a twelve (12) month period after approval. Adjunct faculty members are eligible to receive his/her leave for the remainder of one (1) contract period. The leave shall not exceed his/her contract. a. 5. Approved leave shall be placed in a special donated leave account for each approved employeefaculty member. b. 6. Each approved employee faculty member may draw upon their the account for the twelve-month period only for the approved or related catastrophic illness/injury. c. Any 7. Faculty may only receive catastrophic illness/injury time for regularly scheduled time identified in the Collective Bargaining Agreement. Probationary or tenured faculty members who have a regular assignment are eligible for catastrophic illness/injury pay only during his/her regular assignment, not for overload, pro-rata, or compensation time. 8. Once the faculty member returns to work, unused leave shall revert reverts to the respective Leave Bank Banks for use of by other college employees who have been approved for a catastrophic illness/injury leave. d. 9. In unusual circumstances, the CII Committee may consider a request to extend the period for probationary or tenured faculty members for up to one (1) additional year. C. Any employee 10. Probationary and tenured faculty member may donate accrued sick leave, but he/she must maintain seventy percent (70%) of accrued sick leave on record. The only exception is that employees for faculty who are retiring or terminating employment employment, who may donate leave without limitations. 111. Donated leave is irrevocable. Once donated it is lost to the donor. Donations of sick time shall not be made between individual employees. 212. Employees Probationary and tenured faculty members may donate leave ONLY to a the Catastrophic Illness/Injury Leave Bank for use by any approved applicant. There shall be a separate Catastrophic Illness/Injury Leave Bank established for adjunct faculty members. Contributions to the Adjunct Faculty Leave Bank may be donated by any college employee until December 31, 2012. Upon separation from the District, any employee may donate to any Catastrophic Illness/Injury Leave Bank. 313. Donated leave shall be charged on the basis of an hour-for-hour basis regardless of the classification family and/or salary schedule of employees faculty member donating leave and employees faculty member receiving leave. D. 14. The District annually, or as requested by the CII Committee, shall promote a "call for leave donations" donations for the Leave BankBanks as needed. In addition, the District shall give employees faculty who terminate employment, resign, or retire, an opportunity to donate unused sick and/or vacation leave to the Leave BankBanks. 115. Unused donated leave reverting to the Leave Bank Banks and leave specifically donated to the Catastrophic Illness/Injury Leave Bank Banks shall make up the Leave BankBanks. 216. Requests for Catastrophic Illness/Injury Leave are subject to availabilityavailability of donated leave. The CII Committee shall not be responsible for approving requests when there is no leave in the Leave Bank. 17. The decision of the Catastrophic Illness/Injury Committee is final and not subject to appeal.

Catastrophic Illness/Injury Leave. In accordance with the provisions of AB 2007Education Code Section 87045, Catastrophic Illness/Injury leave shall be available to all eligible employees. The purpose of this leave is to permit employees bargaining unit members with a catastrophic illness or injury to have sick leave donated to them by fellow employees. A. A catastrophic illness or injury is one that is expected to incapacitate an employee a bargaining unit member for an extended period of time and the employee bargaining unit member has used exhausted all of their paid leave of absencesaccruals. B. A catastrophic illness/injury request shall be approved by the Catastrophic Illness/Injury Committee (CII) consisting of one (1) member assigned by the District, one (1) member assigned by the Guild, and one (1) member assigned by CSEA. The committee members shall elect its Chair.committee 1. Medical verification by A health care provider certification of the requesting employee's physician must need for leave shall be presented provided to the committeeCII Committee. 2. The requesting employee must bargaining unit member shall be incapacitated or and absent for an extended period of time no fewer than thirty (30) consecutive calendar days. 3. A written request must for catastrophic leave shall be submitted to the committee CII Committee by the requesting employee bargaining unit member or his/her their representative. 4. The requesting employee bargaining unit member may use donated leave as half or whole days and can use the leave retroactively. a. Four (4) hours in paid status of either vacation or sick leave (See Section 1. A) and four (4) hours of donated leave or eight (8) hours of donated leave equals eight (8) hours pay and full health and welfare benefits. b. Four (4) hours of donated leave equals four (4) hours pay and, for this purpose, full health and welfare benefits. 5. Approved leave must be used within a twelve (12) month period after approval. a. Approved leave shall be placed in a special donated leave account for each approved employeebargaining unit member. b. Each approved employee bargaining unit member may draw upon their account for the twelve-month period only for the approved or related catastrophic illness/injury. c. Any unused leave shall revert to the Catastrophic Leave Bank for use of by other employees bargaining unit members who have been approved for a catastrophic illness/injury leave. d. In unusual circumstances, the CII Committee may consider a request to extend the period for up to one (1) additional year. To qualify for leave donation under this section, the bargaining unit member must be on an authorized leave of absence. C. Any employee bargaining unit member may donate accrued sick leave, but must a maintain seventy percent (70%) of accrued sick leave on recordaccrual balance. The only exception A bargaining unit member who is that employees retiring or terminating employment may donate leave without limitations. 1. Donated leave is irrevocable. Once donated it is lost to the donor. 2. Employees may donate leave ONLY to a Leave Bank for use by any approved applicant. 3. Donated leave shall be charged on the basis of hour-for-hour regardless of the classification family and/or salary schedule of employees donating leave and employees receiving leave. D. The District annually, or as requested by the CII Committee, shall promote a "call for leave donations" for the Leave Bank. In addition, the District shall give employees who terminate employment, resign, or retire, an opportunity to donate unused sick and/or vacation leave to the Leave Bank. 1. Unused donated leave reverting to the Leave Bank and specifically donated to the Leave Bank shall make up the Leave Bank. 2. Requests for Catastrophic Illness/Injury Leave are subject to availability. The CII Committee shall not be responsible for approving requests when there is no leave in the Leave Bank.