Donation of Hours a. Catastrophic Leave is paid leave available from hours donated by other County employees.
Donation of Hours. Catastrophic leave shall be additional paid leave available from vacation or compensatory leave hours donated by other County employees to a catastrophic leave bank. Employees donating vacation or compensatory leave must donate in increments of whole hours. The donating employee must have a vacation leave balance of at least forty (40) hours after the donation of vacation time. Employees may donate all of their accrued compensatory time.
Donation of Hours. Employees who are eligible for eighty (80) hours or more of vacation shall be allowed to donate up to twenty (20) hours of vacation to a co-worker within the bargaining unit who has exhausted all sick leave and unscheduled paid time off which includes compensatory time, unscheduled vacation and unscheduled personal days. Employees will be limited to donating up to twenty (20) hours of vacation per contract year. Vacation hours donated shall be on an hour for hour basis regardless of the hourly rate of pay of the employee donating hours or the employee who is receiving hours. The donated hours will not entitle the employee receiving such hours any additional benefits such as insurance coverage once there has been a break in benefit eligibility. Employees donating hours shall be responsible for making arrangements with the payroll department.
