DONATION OF LEAVE TIME. Section 29.1. An employee may donate leave time to another employee who is otherwise eligible to accrue and use sick leave; however, an employee may only donate a total of forty (40) hours of sick leave per calendar year.
Section 29.2. An employee may receive donated leave time, up to the number of hours the employee is scheduled to work each pay period upon notification to the Executive Director, if the employee who is to receive donated leave or a member of the employee’s immediate family, as defined in the Sick Leave Article, has a serious illness or injury; has no accrued leave or has not been approved to receive other paid leave; and has not applied for any paid leave, workers’ compensation or other compensation program for which the employee is eligible.
Section 29.3. Employees may donate leave if the donating employee voluntarily elects to donate leave and does so with the understanding that donated leave will not be returned; donates a minimum of 8 hours; and retains a combined leave balance of at least 80 hours. Leave shall be donated in the same manner in which it would otherwise be used.
Section 29.4. Donated leave time shall be administered on a pay period by pay period basis. Employees using donated leave shall be considered in active pay status and shall accrue leave and be entitled to any benefits, which they would otherwise be entitled. Leave accrued by an employee while using donated leave shall be used, if necessary, in the following pay period before additional donated leave may be received. Donated leave time shall not count toward the probationary period of an employee who receives donated leave during his or her probationary period. Donated leave time shall not be converted into a cash payment.
Section 29.5. Employees who wish to donate leave shall certify the name of the employee for whom the donated leave is intended; the number of hours to be donated; that the employee will have a minimum combined leave balance of 80 hours; that the leave is donated voluntarily and the employee understands that the donated leave will not be returned.
Section 29.6. No employees shall be forced to donate leave time. The Employer may, with the permission of the employee who is in need of leave or a member of the employee’s immediate family, inform employees of another employee’s critical need for leave. The Employer shall not directly solicit leave donations from employees.
DONATION OF LEAVE TIME. A voluntary donation of annual leave from one employee to another may be permitted for the purpose of providing a regular employee with paid leave time for the care of him/herself, or an immediate family member, who is suffering from a catastrophic illness or injury or is disabled due to pregnancy, as determined by a physician or other qualified health care provider. Employees may donate annual leave time to other employees when all of the following conditions have been met:
1. The employee who is, or whose immediate family member is, suffering from a catastrophic illness or the employee is disabled due to pregnancy provides documentation of such injury or illness as verified by a qualified health care provider.
2. The employee receiving donated annual leave has exhausted, or soon will exhaust, all accrued leave such as annual leave, comp time, sick leave, holiday leave, administrative time off, etc.
3. The employee receiving the donation is not receiving Workers’ Compensation or Disability Insurance payments.
4. Donations of time shall be made in minimum increments of four (4) whole hour blocks of time.
5. To retain sufficient annual leave to meet their own needs, annual leave donors must not reduce their accumulated annual leave balance to fewer than eighty hours.
6. Approval is obtained by the Executive Director, or his/her designee, ensuring that these conditions have been met prior to the transfer of time from one employee to another. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require donations of time from one employee to another. To emphasize the voluntary nature of the donation, the names of the donors will not be made available to the recipient.
DONATION OF LEAVE TIME. Teachers will have the right to donate portions of their sick leave or personal leave to a colleague who has exhausted their entire sick and personal leave. Teachers will notify the Business Manager of their desire to do so in writing. Donated leave can only be used as sick leave.
DONATION OF LEAVE TIME. A Donation of Leave Time Policy will be established to allow an employee to donate accrued/available Vacation Leave, Sick Leave or Good Cause Day time to another employee, when that employee suffers a job-related or non job-related accident, injury, or illness and does not have sufficient vacation, sick or personal holiday days accrued/available, or in their bank to cover the period of time they must be off work due to their accident, injury, or illness and no paid leave is available to them. Any donation of time is voluntary. Employees donating time must leave seven (7) days in their own account. Employees who agree to donate days based upon this policy will not be prohibited from donating any days in excess of the actual days needed by the employee on approved leave. Unused days not used by the requesting employee shall revert to the donating employee or if the donating employee has terminated employment with the City, said days shall be forfeited by both the donating
DONATION OF LEAVE TIME employee and donor employee. In order to be eligible to participate under this Section, an employee must be on regular status.
DONATION OF LEAVE TIME.
A. The recipient and donor must have obtained regular status in the Agency.
B. The employer shall not assume any tax liabilities that would otherwise accrue to the employee.
C. Use of donated leave shall be consistent with those provisions found under Article 42, Section 2.
D. Applications for hardship leave shall be in writing and sent to the Agency’s personnel section and accompanied by the treating physician’s written statement certifying that the illness or injury will continue for at least fifteen (15) days following recipient’s projected exhaustion of accumulated leave and the total leave is at least thirty (30) consecutive calendar days of absence in combination of paid and/or unpaid leave. Donated leave may be used intermittently for the same event after the employee has satisfied the eligibility requirements to receive donated leave.
E. Donations shall be credited at the recipient's current regular hourly rate of pay.
F. Accumulated leave includes but is not limited to sick, vacation, personal, and compensatory leave accruals.
G. Employees otherwise eligible for or receiving disability benefits, workers' compensation, or on parental leaves will not be considered eligible to receive donations under this Agreement.
DONATION OF LEAVE TIME. Employees may donate, on an hour-for-hour basis, vacation, compensatory or holiday leave time to City employees, who have exhausted all available accrued leave time due to a major medical condition.
DONATION OF LEAVE TIME. A Donation of Leave Time Policy will be established to allow an employee to donate accrued/available PTO (PAID TIME OFF) to another employee, when;
a) That employee suffers an injury, or illness and does not have sufficient PTO (PAID TIME OFF, personal holiday days available, or accrued sick or vacation leave in his/her bank to cover the period of time the employee must be off work due to an accident, injury, or illness.
b) Any donation of time is voluntary.
c) An employee donating time must leave seven (7) days in his/her account.
d) An employee who agrees to donate days based upon this policy will not be prohibited from donating any days in excess of the actual days needed by the employee on approved leave.
e) Unused days not used by the requesting employee shall revert to the donating employee or if the donating employee has terminated employment with the City, said days shall be forfeited by both the donating employee and donor employee.
DONATION OF LEAVE TIME. These provisions shall apply for the purpose of allowing employees to donate accrued vacation leave and accrued compensatory time off for use by eligible recipients as sick leave. Agencies will allow employees to make irrevocable donations of accumulated vacation leave and compensatory time to a coworker in that Agency. For purposes of this Agreement, hardship leave donations will be administered under the following stipulations and the terms of this Agreement shall be strictly enforced with no exceptions.
(A) The recipient and donor must have obtained regular status in the Agency.
(B) The employer shall not assume any tax liabilities that would otherwise accrue to the employee.
(C) Use of donated leave shall be consistent with those provisions found under Article 42, Section 2.
(D) Applications for hardship leave shall be in writing and sent to the Agency’s Personnel Section and accompanied by the treating physician’s written statement certifying that the illness or injury will continue for at least thirty (30) days following donee's projected exhaustion of accumulated leave. Donated leave may be used intermittently.
(E) Donations shall be credited at the recipient's current regular hourly rate of pay. Donations shall be used to reimburse the Agency for such costs as are incurred for insurance contributions pursuant to Article 54 for which the recipient is eligible to receive as a result of their use of donated hardship leave.
(F) Accumulated leave includes but is not limited to sick, vacation, personal, and compensatory leave accruals.
(G) Employees otherwise eligible for or receiving disability benefits, workers' compensation, or on parental leaves will not be considered eligible to receive donations under this Agreement.
DONATION OF LEAVE TIME. From time-to-time, on an as needed basis, bargaining unit members may donate their accrued vacation, sick or personal leave to a fellow bargaining unit and/or agency member who is suffering from a long term or terminal illness or disability and who has at least six (6) months of State service and has achieved permanent status and has exhausted his/her own accrued paid time off. Such benefit shall be subject to review and approval by the Agency Head or his/her designee. The donation shall be made only in minimum units of one day (or the equivalent hours), which shall be the length of the standard workday (e.g. 8 hours).
