Catastrophic Leave. The County will administer a Catastrophic Leave procedure designed to permit individual donations of annual leave, vacation, healthcare leave (8 hours maximum per fiscal year), compensatory and/or PIP leave time to an employee who is required to be on an extended unpaid leave due to a catastrophic medical condition or other serious circumstances.
Catastrophic Leave. Donations of sick leave days to establish and maintain a sick leave bank will be initiated by the Human Resources Department on a form designed and furnished by the Treasurer. Individual members of the bargaining unit may donate a maximum of ten days of sick leave in any one school year. Any member of the bargaining unit who is currently absent due to a catastrophic, long- term, life-threatening illness or accident and has exhausted all of his/her accumulated sick leave, and has applied but has not yet been approved for STRS or SERS disability, is eligible to receive sick leave days donated by other members of the bargaining unit. In addition, any member of the bargaining unit who is currently absent due to a member of the immediate household’s catastrophic, long-term, life-threatening illness or accident and has exhausted all of his/her accumulated sick leave, is eligible to receive up to twenty (20) days of sick leave donated by other members of the bargaining unit, as described herein. For the purpose of this section, a “catastrophic illness or injury” shall be limited to matters which constitute a significant and serious medical condition such as: • Amputation of a limb • Spinal cord injuries • Severe head injury/trauma • Severe xxxxx • HIV spectrum disorders • Cancer • ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) • Cerebral Palsy • Muscular Dystrophy • Hemophilia • Hepatitis • Stroke or cerebrovascular event/accident • Other serious rare disease(s) and/or debilitating conditions (as determined by a duly licensed physician) Catastrophic or long-term illness is not intended to include maternity leave and/or absence due to childbirth. However, complications resulting from pregnancy or childbirth which result in a catastrophic illness or injury may be included. Medical documentation shall be provided by the bargaining unit member to the Superintendent or his/her designee and made available when necessary for the determination of whether a catastrophic illness or injury has occurred and provided, as requested, to appropriate individuals. The employee may make application to the Assistant Superintendent – Human Resources and Operations to draw from the sick leave bank on an application form agreed to by the Board and the Union. Approval to draw from the sick leave bank shall be granted by the Superintendent’s designee. Employees qualifying under this section will continue to receive regular salary/wages and benefits until all donated days are exhausted. No employee ...
Catastrophic Leave. Unit Members shall have the right to voluntarily donate sick leave to a catastrophic leave pool established in a specific Unit Member’s name to be used by that Unit Member for catastrophic illness or injury. Eligible leave credits must be donated at a minimum of eight (8) hours, and in hour increments thereafter. Except as provided in Section 5.C below, the donation of eligible leave credits shall be irrevocable.
A. Catastrophic illness or injury means an illness or injury that is expected to incapacitate the employee for an extended period of time and taking extended time off work creates a financial hardship for the employee because he or she has exhausted all of his or her sick leave and other paid time off, if any exists.
B. Unit members eligible to receive leave credits must meet all of the following requirements:
1) The Unit Member who is suffering from a catastrophic illness or injury requests on the appropriate form that eligible leave credits be donated. The Office of Human Resources verifies that the Unit Member has exhausted all available paid leave.
2) The employee’s personal physician provides written verification to the Office of Human Resources that the Unit Member is unable to perform services for an extended period of time. Upon receipt of the physician’s written verification, the Office of Human Resources shall notify the Unit Member that he or she is eligible to participate in the Catastrophic Leave Program.
3) A Unit Member who receives paid leave pursuant to this section shall use any leave credits that he or she continues to accrue on a monthly basis prior to receiving eligible credits under the terms of this program.
C. The Catastrophic Leave Program shall operate on a case-by-case basis. Once the affected Unit Member receives District approval, the Union shall solicit Catastrophic Leave donations from Unit Members. The Union shall deliver to the District all tendered donations, in monthly increments, up to the quantity necessary to complete the extended period of catastrophic absence. Donations tendered but not delivered to the District shall be returned to the tendering Unit Member. The Union shall keep complete and accurate records of all donations tendered and of those delivered to the District. These records shall be available to the District in the event that they are required for a state audit and/or when needed to resolve a formal complaint lodged in writing by a Unit Member.
D. Either the Unit Member’s return to work or the ...
Catastrophic Leave. The Association and the Office establish catastrophic leave with the following provisions:
Catastrophic Leave. 11.17.1 An employee who is suffering from a catastrophic illness or injury may request that eligible leave credits be donated for his/her use.
Catastrophic Leave. 9.6.1 The Bargaining Unit may provide information to the Superintendent to assist a Unit Member in their request for approval to allow donations of accrued vacation or sick leave to be used towards Catastrophic Leave for Unit Member’s long term illness or injury. For purposes of this section, “catastrophic” means an illness or injury that is expected to incapacitate the Unit Member for an extended period of time and whose personal illness or injury prevents them from performing the necessary functions of their job for a period of time that extends beyond all other leave available to the Unit Member.
9.6.2 Upon approval, it is the responsibility of the Unit member who is contributing leave to fill out the Employer generated “Sick Leave Donation Form” to initiate this action and deliver the form to the Human Resources Department. The Employer will then transfer the number of days authorized to the Unit Member in need.
9.6.3 Transferred days from a Unit Member are lost to Unit member whether the days are used or not by the receiving Unit Member.
9.6.4 A Unit Member cannot contribute catastrophic leave while in probationary status.
9.6.5 In no case shall such leave extend beyond sixty (60) days of paid leave.
Catastrophic Leave. Leave credits may be transferred from one or more donating employees to another receiving employee under the following conditions:
(1) The receiving employee is a permanent full or part-time employee whose participation has been approved by his/her department head;
(2) The receiving employee or the receiving employee's spouse/domestic partner or direct family member has sustained a life threatening or debilitating illness, injury or condition. (The Department Head may require that the condition be confirmed by a doctor's report);
(3) The receiving employee has or will have exhausted all paid time off;
(4) The receiving employee must be prevented from returning to work for at least 30 days and must have applied for a medical leave of absence. Vacation and holiday time may be transferred by employees in all work groups. Comp time may be transferred only by employees in work groups 1, 4, and 5. Sick leave may be transferred at the rate of one hour of sick leave for every four hours of other time (i.e., holiday, vacation, or comp time). Donated time will be converted from the type of leave given to sick leave and credited to the receiving employee's sick leave balance on an hour-for-hour basis and shall be paid at the rate of pay of the receiving employee. Donations must be a minimum of 8 hours and thereafter in whole hour increments. The total leave credits received by the employee shall normally not exceed three months; however, if approved by the department head, the total leave credits received may be up to a maximum of one year. Donations shall be made on a Catastrophic Leave Time Grant form signed by the donating employee and approved by the receiving employee's department head. Once posted, these donations are irrevocable except in the event of the untimely death of a Catastrophic Leave recipient. In that event, any excess leave will be returned to donating employees on a last in- first out basis (i.e., excess leave would be returned to the last employee(s) to have donated).
Catastrophic Leave.
A. The City agrees to permit employees within the bargaining unit to contribute a portion of their accrued vacation, sick, and compensatory leave to another employee when such employee has suffered a catastrophic injury or illness.
B. The City also agrees to permit employees to contribute a portion of their accrued vacation and/or compensatory time to another employee when such employee is on an approved leave of absence due to the verifiable catastrophic injury or illness of the employee’s spouse, domestic partner, parent, or child.
C. All Catastrophic Leave transfers are subject to the following conditions:
1. The Human Resources Department shall review all requests from the receiving employee to determine eligibility for catastrophic leave prior to the receiving employee or the employee’s Department requesting donations.
2. Catastrophic injury or illness as used in this provision is defined as an unforeseen or sudden unexpected illness or injury requiring immediate attention.
3. The receiving employee shall be on an approved continuous leave of absence for over 40 hours due to the illness or injury. A statement from the employee’s or family member’s treating physician is required.
4. The receiving employee has exhausted all sick, vacation, and compensatory time, and is therefore facing financial hardship. The receiving employee must participate in any City disability benefits for which the employee is eligible (e.g. short-term disability, long-term disability, or workers’ compensation).
5. The total number of hours that can be donated to the receiving employee from all contributing employees combined shall not exceed 520 hours within 26 consecutive pay periods.
6. The contributing employee must have at least 96 hours of sick leave remaining after such contribution. The leave application rate shall be based on the contributing employee’s pay rate computed into a dollar value, which shall be adjusted proportionally to the receiving employee’s rate.
7. The transfers must be in whole hour increments. Donations shall be transferred in accordance with the recipient's needs.
8. The transfers are irrevocable, and shall be indistinguishable from other sick leave credits belonging to the receiving employee. Transfers shall be subject to all taxes required by law.
9. Transfers shall be made on a form prescribed by the Human Resources Department.
Catastrophic Leave. All certificated employees on active duty with the District are eligible to contribute to the Catastrophic Leave Bank. Participation is voluntary, but requires contribution to the Bank. Only contributors will be permitted to withdraw from the Bank. The annual rate of contribution by each participant for each school year shall be 1 day of the current sick leave/personal necessity leave. Contributions shall be made between July 1 and October 1 of each school year. New hires and temporary teachers offered employment will be permitted to contribute within 30 days of beginning work. There will be no subsequent open enrollment period.
1) An additional day of contribution will be required of participants if the number of days in the Bank falls below 30. No more than 2 days per year can be required for continuing participation in the plan. At member’s discretion, more days can be contributed if they so wish.
2) Catastrophic Leave Bank participants who are drawing from the bank at the time of the annual assessment will not be required to contribute to remain eligible to draw from the Bank. If a Catastrophic Leave Bank participant has no remaining sick leave at the time of the annual assessment, they need not contribute the additional day to remain a participant in the Catastrophic Leave Bank.
3) Participants enrolling in the Bank for the first time and those returning from leave, shall be required to contribute 1 day of sick leave/personal necessity leave to the Bank.
4) Days in the Catastrophic Leave Bank shall accumulate from year to year.
5) Days shall be contributed to the Bank and withdrawn without regard to the daily rate of pay of the Catastrophic Leave Bank participant.
6) The Catastrophic Leave Bank shall be administered by a 3 member Catastrophic Leave Bank Committee appointed by the President of the Association and a representative from the District.
7) Enrollment, on the appropriate form, will serve as the participant’s authorization form annual sick/personal necessity leave contributions and will continue from year to year until cancelled by the participant.
8) Cancellation, on the proper form, may be affected at any time and the participant will not be eligible to draw from the Bank as of the effective date of cancellation. Sick/personal necessity leave previously authorized for the contribution to the Bank will not be returned if the participant effects cancellation.
9) If the number of days in the Bank at the beginning of a school year exceeds 1,000...
Catastrophic Leave. There shall be a Labor/Management Committee to review the practices of agencies for granting catastrophic leave, consider setting criteria for granting catastrophic leave, and consider adding criteria to the contract. This Committee shall be made up of an equal number of MSEA-SEIU and management representatives. The Committee shall report to the parties and shall complete their work by September 1, 2014. Committee members may participate in the work of the Committee during work hours without loss of pay or benefits.
