Common use of Donated Time Clause in Contracts

Donated Time. All members of the bargaining unit shall be eligible for donated time benefits, subject to the terms of this Article, to relieve hardship resulting from extended illness. A. When it comes to the attention of the Division Commander that an employee’s sick time credit has been or is about to be exhausted, The Division Commander shall investigate: 1. the character to the employee’s present ailment; 2. the prognosis of the employee’s physician. B. The Division Commander shall execute a letter to the Sheriff, setting forth: 1. the details of any investigation; 2. any recommendation the Division Commander may have C. The Sheriff, has sole discretion to approve a recommendation for an employee to be the recipient of donated compensatory time, holiday time or vacation time. A member of the bargaining unit wishing to voluntarily donate any of the above listed accrued time(s) for the benefit of such approved recipient shall submit a request to the employee’s supervisor listing the name of the beneficiary with the number of hours to be donated. Maximum usable donated time shall be 1040 hours. D. In no case will donated time be employed to extend an employee’s period of active duty beyond a recommended retirement day as established by the retirement board physician. Any donated time processed and not needed by a recipient due to retirement, return to duty, or other reasons, shall be returned to the donor. E. Donated time shall be converted to its cash equivalency and paid to the recipient at their regular hourly rate.