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Catastrophic Leave Program. Permanent employees represented by the Association may be eligible to receive donations of paid leave, to be included in the recipient employee’s sick leave balance, if he/she has suffered a catastrophic illness or injury which is defined as a serious medical condition, considered to be terminal, a major physical impairment, or disability. • The recipient employee, recipient employee’s family, or other person designated in writing by the recipient employee must submit a request to the City Manager or designee. • The recipient employee is not eligible so long as he/she has paid leaves available; however, the request may be initiated prior to the anticipated date that all leave balances will be exhausted. • The recipient employee must provide a medical verification which meets the criteria above. • A recipient employee is eligible to receive a maximum of 240 hours of donated time per incident. Requests for exceptions to this limit may be submitted to the City Manager or designee whose decision shall be final and not subject to the grievance procedure. • Donations shall be made in whole hour increments, and are irrevocable. The donor employee may donate any amount of vacation; the City recommends the donor employee retains at least 48 hours of vacation. Compensatory time off may be donated in whole hour increments without limit. Sick leave and other leaves not specifically authorized above may not be donated. Donations may be made only from individuals whose positions are represented by the Association. • Time donated will be converted from the type of time donated to sick leave and credited to the recipient employee’s sick leave balance on an hour-for-hour basis and shall be paid at the rate of pay of the recipient employee. All sick leave provisions will apply. • Time donated in any pay period may be used in the following pay periods. No retroactive donations will be permitted. • The determination of an employee’s eligibility for Catastrophic Sick Leave donations shall be at the City Manager’s or designee’s sole discretion with concurrence by the Police Chief, and shall be final and not subject to the grievance procedure.

Catastrophic Leave Program. Permanent employees represented by the Association A permanent employee may be eligible to receive donations of paid leave other than sick leave, to be included in the recipient employee’s sick leave balance, balance if heshe/she he has suffered a catastrophic illness or injury which that prevents the employee from being able to work. Catastrophic illness or injury is defined as a serious critical medical condition, condition considered to be terminal, a long-term major physical impairment, impairment or disability. 1. • The recipient employee, recipient employee’s family, or other person designated in writing by the recipient employee must submit a request to the City Manager or designeeManager. 2. • The recipient employee is not eligible so long as he/she has paid leaves available; however, the request may be initiated prior to the anticipated date that all leave balances will be exhausted. 3. • The recipient employee must provide a A medical verification which meets including diagnosis and prognosis must be provided by the criteria aboverecipient employee. 4. • A recipient employee is eligible to receive a maximum of 240 up to seven hundred twenty hours of donated time per incidentduring his/her tenure. Requests for exceptions to this limit may be submitted to the City Manager or designee whose decision shall be final and not subject to the grievance procedurefinal. 5. • Donations shall be made in whole hour incrementsfull-day increments of eight hours, and are irrevocable. The donor employee may donate vacation up to any amount of vacation; the City recommends so long as the donor employee retains at least 48 eighty hours of vacation. Compensatory time off may also be donated in whole hour increments without limitlimit on the amount. Sick leave and other leaves not specifically authorized above may not be donated. 6. Donations may be made only from individuals whose positions are represented by the Association. • Time donated will be converted from the type of time donated to sick leave and credited to the recipient employee’s sick leave balance on an hour-for-hour basis and shall be paid at the rate of pay of the recipient employee. All sick leave provisions will apply. 7. • Time donated in any pay period may be used in the following pay periods. No retroactive donations will be permitted. 8. • The determination of an the employee’s eligibility for Catastrophic Sick Leave donations donation shall be at the City Manager’s or designee’s sole discretion with concurrence by the Police Chief, and shall be final and not subject to the grievance procedurenon-grievable.

Catastrophic Leave Program. Permanent Bargaining unit employees represented by the Association may be who have completed their initial probationary periods are eligible to receive donations of paid leave, to be leave that are included in the recipient employee’s sick leave balance, if he/she has suffered . Leave donations are only available to employees who suffer a catastrophic illness or injury injury, which is defined as a serious medical condition, condition considered to be terminal, a major physical impairment, or disability. a family medical emergency (defined as a catastrophic illness or injury of a biological, adopted, or xxxxxx child, stepchild, legal xxxx, or a child to whom the employee stands in loco parentis, a biological, adoptive, or xxxxxx parent, stepparent, or legal guardian of an employee or the employee’s spouse or registered domestic partner, or a person who stood in loco parentis when the employee was a minor child, spouse, registered domestic partner, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling residing in the employee’s household), subject to the following conditions: • The recipient employee, recipient employee’s family, or other person designated in writing by the recipient employee must submit a request to the City Manager Administrator or designee. • The recipient employee is not eligible so long as he/she the employee has paid leaves leave time available; however, the request may be initiated prior to the anticipated date that all leave balances will be exhausted. • The recipient employee must provide a medical verification which meets the criteria above. • A recipient employee is eligible to receive above and a maximum of 240 hours of donated time per incident. Requests for exceptions to this limit may be submitted to the City Manager or designee whose decision shall be final and not subject to the grievance procedureprognosis. • Donations shall may be made in whole hour increments, increments and are irrevocable. The donor employee may donate vacation up to any amount of vacation; amount, but the City recommends may require that the donor employee retains at least 48 retain 40 hours of vacationvacation leave. Compensatory time off Sick leave may be donated up to 24 hours in whole hour increments without limit. Sick leave and other leaves not specifically authorized above may not be donatedincrements. Donations may be made only and received from individuals whose positions are represented any individual employed by the AssociationCity of Piedmont. • Time donated will be converted from the type of time donated to sick leave and credited to the recipient employee’s sick leave balance on an hour-for-hour basis and shall be paid at the rate of pay of the recipient employee. All sick leave provisions will apply. • Time donated in any pay period may be used in the following pay periods. No retroactive donations will be permitted. • The determination of an employee’s eligibility Eligibility for Catastrophic Sick Leave donations shall be at this program requires recommendation by the Fire Chief and approval by the City Manager’s or designee’s sole discretion with concurrence by the Police Chief, and shall be final and not subject to the grievance procedureAdministrator.

Catastrophic Leave Program. Permanent employees represented by Effective the Association first pay period in September, 1991, a permanent employee may be eligible to receive donations of paid leave other than sick leave, to be included in the recipient employee’s 's sick leave balance, balance if heshe/she he has suffered a catastrophic illness or injury which prevents the employee from being able to work. Catastrophic illness or injury is defined as a serious critical medical condition, condition considered to be terminal, a long-term major physical impairment, impairment or disability. • . a) The recipient employee, recipient employee’s 's family, or other person designated in writing by the recipient employee must submit a request to the City Manager or designee. • Manager. b) The recipient employee is not eligible so long as heshe/she he has paid leaves available; , however, the request may be initiated prior to the anticipated date that all leave balances will be exhausted. • The recipient employee must provide a . c) A medical verification which meets including diagnosis and prognosis must be provided by the criteria above. • recipient employee. d) A recipient employee is eligible to receive a maximum of 240 hours ninety (90) working days of donated time per incidentemployment. Requests for exceptions to this limit may be submitted to the City Manager or designee whose decision shall be final and not subject to the grievance procedure. • final. e) Donations shall be made in whole hour incrementsfull-day increments of eight (8) hours, and are irrevocable. The donor employee may donate vacation up to any amount of vacation; the City recommends so long as the donor employee retains at least 48 eighty (80) hours of vacation. Compensatory time off may also be donated in whole hour increments without limitlimit on the amount. Sick leave and other leaves not specifically authorized above may not be donated. Donations may be made only from individuals whose positions are represented by the Association. • . f) Time donated will be converted from the type of time donated to sick leave and credited to the recipient employee’s 's sick leave balance on an hour-for-hour basis and shall be paid at the rate of pay of the recipient employee. All sick leave provisions will apply. • . g) Time donated in any pay period may be used in the following pay periods. No retroactive donations will be permitted. • . h) The determination of an the employee’s 's eligibility for Catastrophic Sick Leave donations donation shall be at the City Manager’s or designee’s 's sole discretion with concurrence by the Police Chief, and shall be final and not subject to the grievance procedurenon-grievable.

Catastrophic Leave Program. Permanent employees represented by the Association A permanent employee may be eligible to receive donations of paid leave other than sick leave, to be included in the recipient employee’s 's sick leave balance, balance if heshe/she he has suffered a catastrophic illness or injury which prevents the employee from being able to work for an extended period of time. Catastrophic illness or injury is defined as a serious critical medical condition, condition considered to be terminal, a terminal or an illness or injury causing long-term major physical impairment, impairment or disability. • . A. The recipient employee, recipient employee’s 's family, or other person designated in writing by the recipient employee must submit a request to the City Manager or designee. • Manager. B. The recipient employee is not eligible so long as heshe/she he has paid leaves available; , however, the request may be initiated prior to the anticipated date that all leave balances will be exhausted. • The recipient employee must provide a . C. A medical verification which meets of eligibility for FMLA (Section 16.10) must be provided by the criteria above. • recipient employee. D. A recipient employee is eligible to receive a maximum of 240 hours ninety (90) working days of donated time per incidentemployment. Requests for exceptions to this limit may be submitted to the City Manager or designee whose decision shall be final and not subject to the grievance procedure. • final. E. Donations shall be made in whole hour incrementsfull-day increments of eight (8) hours, and are irrevocable. The donor employee may donate vacation up to any amount of vacation; the City recommends so long as the donor employee retains at least 48 eighty (80) hours of vacation. Compensatory time off may also be donated in whole hour increments without limitlimit on the amount. Sick leave and other leaves not specifically authorized above may not be donated. Donations may be made only from individuals whose positions are represented by the Association. • . F. Time donated will be converted from the type of time donated to sick leave and credited to the recipient employee’s 's sick leave balance on an hour-for-hour basis and shall be paid at the rate of pay of the recipient employee. All sick leave provisions will apply. • . G. Time donated in any pay period may be used in the following pay periods. No retroactive donations will be permitted. • . H. The determination of an the employee’s 's eligibility for Catastrophic Sick Leave donations donation shall be at the City Manager’s or designee’s 's sole discretion with concurrence by the Police Chief, and shall be final and not subject to the grievance procedurenon-grievable.

Catastrophic Leave Program. Permanent employees represented by the Association POA may be eligible to receive donations of paid leave, to be included in the recipient employee’s sick leave balance, balance if he/she has suffered a catastrophic illness or injury which is defined as a serious medical condition, condition considered to be terminal, a major physical impairment, or disability. • a family medical emergency (defined as a catastrophic illness or injury of a spouse, registered domestic partner, child or parent residing in the employee’s household), subject to the following conditions:  The recipient employee, recipient employee’s family, or other person designated in writing by the recipient employee must submit a request to the City Manager Administrator or designee. •  The recipient employee is not eligible so long as he/she has paid leaves leave time available; however, the request may be initiated prior to the anticipated date that all leave balances will be exhausted. •  The recipient employee must provide a medical verification which meets the criteria aboveabove and a prognosis. • A recipient employee is eligible to receive a maximum of 240 hours of donated time per incident. Requests for exceptions to this limit  Donations may be submitted to the City Manager or designee whose decision shall be final and not subject to the grievance procedure. • Donations shall be made in whole hour increments, and are irrevocable. The donor employee may donate vacation up to any amount of vacation; amount, but the City recommends may require that the donor employee retains at least 48 retain 40 hours of vacationvacation leave. Compensatory time off Sick leave may be donated up to 24 hours in whole hour increments without limit. Sick leave and other leaves not specifically authorized above may not be donatedincrements. Donations may be made only from individuals whose positions are represented any individual employed by the AssociationPiedmont Police. •  Time donated will be converted from the type of time donated to sick leave and credited to the recipient employee’s sick leave balance on an hour-for-hour basis and shall be paid at the rate of pay of the recipient employee. All sick leave provisions will apply. •  Time donated in any pay period may be used in the following pay periods. No retroactive donations will be permitted. • The determination  Eligibility for this program requires recommendation by the Chief of an employee’s eligibility for Catastrophic Sick Leave donations shall be at Police and approval by the City Manager’s or designee’s sole discretion with concurrence by the Police Chief, and shall be final and not subject to the grievance procedureAdministrator.

Catastrophic Leave Program. Permanent employees represented (a) Purpose The Catastrophic Leave Policy is designed to assist workers who have exhausted paid time credits due to serious or catastrophic illness, injury or condition of the worker or his/her family. This policy allows other workers to make voluntary grants of time to that worker so that s/he can remain in a paid status for a longer period of time, thus partially ameliorating the financial impact of the illness, injury or condition. (b) Program Eligibility Leave credits may voluntarily be transferred from one or more donating workers to another receiving worker under the following conditions: 1. The receiving worker is a permanent full or part-time worker whose participation has been approved by his/her department head; 2. The receiving worker and/or the Association worker's 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 worker has exhausted all paid time off; 4. The receiving worker must be prevented from returning to work for at least 30 days and must have applied for a medical leave of absence. (c) Transferring Time 1. Vacation and holiday time may be eligible to receive donations of paid leave, to be included transferred by workers in the recipient employee’s sick leave balance, if he/she has suffered a catastrophic illness or injury which is defined as a serious medical condition, considered to be terminal, a major physical impairment, or disability. • The recipient employee, recipient employee’s family, or other person designated in writing by the recipient employee must submit a request to the City Manager or designee. • The recipient employee is not eligible so long as he/she has paid leaves available; however, the request may be initiated prior to the anticipated date that all leave balances will be exhausted. • The recipient employee must provide a medical verification which meets the criteria above. • A recipient employee is eligible to receive a maximum of 240 hours of donated time per incident. Requests for exceptions to this limit may be submitted to the City Manager or designee whose decision shall be final and not subject to the grievance procedure. • Donations shall be made in whole hour increments, and are irrevocable. The donor employee may donate any amount of vacation; the City recommends the donor employee retains at least 48 hours of vacationwork groups. Compensatory time off may be donated transferred by workers in whole hour increments without limitwork groups 1, 4, and 5. 2. Sick leave and other leaves not specifically authorized above may not be donated. Donations may be made only from individuals whose positions are represented by transferred at the Associationrate of 1 hour of sick leave for every 4 hours of other time (i.e., holiday, vacation, or comp time). 3. • Time donated Donated time will be converted from the type of time donated leave given to sick leave and credited to the recipient employee’s receiving worker's sick leave balance on an hour-for-hour basis and shall be paid at the rate of pay of the recipient employeereceiving worker. 4. All sick Donations must be a minimum of 8 hours and, thereafter, in whole hour increments. 5. The total leave provisions will apply. • Time donated in any pay period credits received by the worker shall normally not exceed three months; however, if approved by the department head, the total leave credits received may be used up to a maximum of six months. 6. Donations approved shall be made on a Catastrophic Leave Time Grant form signed by the donating worker and approved by the receiving worker's department head. Once posted, these donations are irrevocable except as described in paragraph 7 below. 7. In the following pay periods. No retroactive donations event of the untimely death of a Catastrophic Leave recipient, any excess leave will be permitted. • The determination of an employee’s eligibility for Catastrophic Sick Leave donations shall be at the City Manager’s or designee’s sole discretion with concurrence by the Police Chief, and shall be final and not subject returned to the grievance proceduredonating workers on a last in/first out basis (i.e., excess leave would be returned to the last worker(s) to have donated).

Catastrophic Leave Program. Permanent employees represented by the Association POA may be eligible to receive donations of paid leave, to be included in the recipient employee’s sick leave balance, balance if he/she has suffered a catastrophic illness or injury which is defined as a serious medical condition, condition considered to be terminal, a major physical impairment, or disability. a family medical emergency (defined as a catastrophic illness or injury of a spouse, registered domestic partner, child or parent residing in the employee’s household), subject to the following conditions: • The recipient employee, recipient employee’s family, or other person designated in writing by the recipient employee must submit a request to the City Manager Administrator or designee. • The recipient employee is not eligible so long as he/she has paid leaves leave time available; however, the request may be initiated prior to the anticipated date that all leave balances will be exhausted. • The recipient employee must provide a medical verification which meets the criteria above. • A recipient employee is eligible to receive above and a maximum of 240 hours of donated time per incident. Requests for exceptions to this limit may be submitted to the City Manager or designee whose decision shall be final and not subject to the grievance procedureprognosis. • Donations shall may be made in whole hour increments, and are irrevocable. The donor employee may donate vacation up to any amount of vacation; amount, but the City recommends may require that the donor employee retains at least 48 retain 40 hours of vacationvacation leave. Compensatory time off Sick leave may be donated up to 24 hours in whole hour increments without limit. Sick leave and other leaves not specifically authorized above may not be donatedincrements. Donations may be made only from individuals whose positions are represented any individual employed by the AssociationCity of Piedmont. • Time donated will be converted from the type of time donated to sick leave and credited to the recipient employee’s sick leave balance on an hour-for-hour basis and shall be paid at the rate of pay of the recipient employee. All sick leave provisions will apply. • Time donated in any pay period may be used in the following pay periods. No retroactive donations will be permitted. • The determination Eligibility for this program requires recommendation by the Chief of an employee’s eligibility for Catastrophic Sick Leave donations shall be at Police and approval by the City Manager’s or designee’s sole discretion with concurrence by the Police Chief, and shall be final and not subject to the grievance procedureAdministrator.

Catastrophic Leave Program. Permanent employees represented by the Association may be eligible to receive donations of paid leave, to be included in the recipient employee’s sick leave balance, if he/she has suffered a catastrophic illness or injury which is defined as a serious medical condition, considered to be terminal, a major physical impairment, or disability. • . a) The recipient employee, recipient employee’s family, or other person designated in writing by the recipient employee must submit a request to the City Manager Administrator or designee. • . b) The recipient employee is not eligible so long as he/she has paid leaves available; however, the request may be initiated prior to the anticipated date that all leave balances will be exhausted. • . c) The recipient employee must provide a medical verification which meets the criteria above. • . d) A recipient employee is eligible to receive a maximum of 240 two hundred forty hours of donated time per incident. Requests for exceptions to this limit may be submitted to the City Manager Administrator or designee whose decision shall be final and not subject to the grievance procedure. • . e) Donations shall be made in whole hour increments, and are irrevocable. The donor employee may donate any amount of vacation; the City recommends the donor employee retains at least 48 forty-eight hours of vacation. Compensatory time off may be donated in whole hour increments without limit. Sick leave and other leaves not specifically authorized above may not be donated. Donations may be made only from individuals whose positions are represented by the Association. • . f) Time donated will be converted from the type of time donated to sick leave and credited to the recipient employee’s sick leave balance on an hour-for-hour basis and shall be paid at the rate of pay of the recipient employee. All sick leave provisions will apply. • . g) Time donated in any pay period may be used in the following pay periods. No retroactive donations will be permitted. • . h) The determination of an employee’s eligibility for Catastrophic Sick Leave donations shall be at the City ManagerAdministrator’s or designee’s sole discretion with concurrence by the Police Chief, and shall be final and not subject to the grievance procedure.