EMPLOYEE LEAVE DONATION PROGRAM Sample Clauses

EMPLOYEE LEAVE DONATION PROGRAM. ‌ The purpose of this program is to allow regular employees to voluntarily donate a portion of their accumulated vacation leave hours for use by another regular employee who has suffered a catastrophic illness or injury. A. A catastrophic illness or injury is a severe illness or injury constituting a momentous tragic event of extreme misfortune that is expected to incapacitate the employee for an extended period of time and which creates a financial hardship because the employee has exhausted all of his/her accumulated leave banks. B. Each request will be reviewed for uniformity and consistency of application. C. Eligibility to participate in this program is limited to regular employees. D. Accumulated vacation leave time may be donated. To be eligible to donate, an employee must retain a minimum of 60 hours in the accrual bank designated. If the adjusted accrual bank falls beneath this minimum, no donation can be made. E. During a twelve-month period, an employee may donate to a recipient a maximum of 40 hours and a minimum of 8 hours. F. The maximum donated hours an employee may receive is 480 hours in a twelve-month period. G. Donated leave hours will be credited to the recipient’s sick leave bank on an hour-for-hour basis at the recipient’s hourly rate of pay at the time the sick leave is used. H. All donated time will be designated as sick leave accrual for the recipient. I. If the employee is receiving state disability insurance or temporary disability indemnity benefits payments, the payment of the leave will be adjusted to the normal net take-home pay (as defined in the policy under Section 5.04 Industrial Leave).