Catastrophic Leave (Work and Family Transfer of Leave Credits). A. The parties agree with the importance of family members in the lives of State employees, as recognized by the Joint Labor/Management Committee on Work and Family. The parties agree that the transfer of leave credits between State employees and family members, who are also State employees, is appropriate for issues relating to approved catastrophic leave, Family Medical Leave, parental leave and adoption leave. B. Upon request of an employee and upon approval of a department director or designee, leave credits (CTO, annual leave, personal leave, vacation, and/or holiday credit) shall be transferred from one or more employees to another employee, or between family members (donations may be made by a child, parent, spouse, brother, sister or other person residing in immediate household) in accordance with departmental procedures under the following conditions: 1. To care for the family member’s mother, father, spouse, spouse’s parent’s, child, brother, sister, domestic partner that has been certified with the Secretary of State’s office in accordance with AB 26 (Chapter 588, Statutes of 1999) or person residing in the immediate household who has a serious health condition, or a medical leave for the employee’s own serious health condition as defined by the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), or for a parental leave to care for a newborn or adopted child. C. The employee shall give notice to his/her immediate supervisor as soon as possible and shall, if requested by the supervisor, provide medical certification from a physician to support this request. The department head or designee shall approve transfer of leave credits only after having ascertained that the leave is for an authorized reason. For family care leave for the employee’s child, parent, spouse, brother or sister, or other person residing in the immediate household, who has a serious health condition, this certification need not identify the serious health condition involved, but shall contain all of the following: 1. the date, if known, on which the serious health condition commenced; 2. the probable duration of the condition; 3. an estimate of the amount of time that the health provider believes the employee needs to care for the child, parent or spouse, brother or sister, or other person residing in the immediate household; 4. a statement that the serious health condition warrants the participation of the employee to provide care during a period of treatment or supervision of the child, parent, spouse, brother, sister, or other person residing in the immediate household.
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