Hardship Leave. These provisions shall apply for the purpose of allowing employees within the bargaining unit at each university/college to donate accrued vacation leaves for use by eligible university/college bargaining unit recipients as sick leave. Universities/colleges will allow employees to make irrevocable donations of accumulated vacation leave and compensatory time to a coworker. 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 be regular employees of the university/ college. (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 41, Section 2. (D) Applications for hardship leave shall be in writing and sent to the university/college’s Human Resource Unit and accompanied by the treating physician's written statement certifying that the illness or injury will continue for at least thirty (30) days following xxxxx's projected exhausting of the 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 university/college for such costs as are incurred for insurance contributions pursuant to Article 24 unless health insurance payments are mandated under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA). (F) Accumulated leave includes but is not limited to sick, vacation, personal, and compensatory leave accruals. (G) Employees otherwise eligible for or receiving workers' compensation, or on parental leave will not be considered eligible to receive donations under this agreement.
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Hardship Leave. These provisions shall apply for the purpose of allowing regular status employees within the bargaining unit represented by SEIU Local 503 at each university/college university to irrevocably donate accrued vacation leaves leave or compensatory time for use by another regular status eligible university/college bargaining unit recipients SEIU Local 503 represented university employee of the same University as sick leave. Universities/colleges will allow Hardship Leave is intended to support represented employees to make irrevocable donations with donated leave when an employee has exhausted all forms of accumulated vacation leave and compensatory time either the employee or the employee’s qualifying family member(s) experience temporary serious medical condition(s). Qualifying family members are defined under Section 2. Hardship Leave is not intended to a coworkerpermanently reduce FTE. For purposes of this agreementAgreement, 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 be regular employees of the university/ college.
(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 41, Section 2.
(D) Applications for hardship leave Hardship Leave shall be in writing and sent to the university/college’s Human Resource Unit and accompanied by the treating physician's ’s written statement certifying that the specific illness or injury will continue for at least thirty fifteen (3015) days consecutive calendar days, following xxxxx's donee’s projected exhausting of the 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 university/college for such costs as are incurred for insurance contributions pursuant to Article 24 unless health insurance payments are mandated under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
(F) Accumulated leave includes but is not limited to sick, vacation, personalpersonal leave, exchange time, and compensatory leave accruals.
(GB) Employees Applications for hardship Leave should be made prior to the employee falling into leave without pay status, otherwise eligible there may be a delay in processing the request.
(C) Once approved, employees must exhaust all monthly accrued leave (sick, vacation, personal leave, exchange time, and compensatory leave) prior to the use of any donated Hardship Leave, except that an employee may request in writing to accrue up to forty (40) hours of vacation leave annually (D) . Requests for or receiving workers' compensationand use of donated leave shall be consistent with Section 2 of the Article, or on parental leave will not be considered eligible and limited to receive donations under this agreementthe serious medical condition for which it was donated.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Hardship Leave. These provisions shall apply for the purpose of allowing employees within the bargaining unit at each university/college to irrevocably donate accrued vacation leaves leave or compensatory time for use by eligible university/college University bargaining unit recipients employees as sick leave. Universities/colleges If a hardship donation recipient dies or otherwise fails to exhaust donated leave for the purpose for which it was donated, the unused leave will allow employees to make irrevocable donations of accumulated vacation leave and compensatory time to a coworkerbe pooled for use by future recipients. For purposes of this agreementAgreement, 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 be regular employees of the university/ collegeUniversity.
(B) The Employer University 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 41, Section 22 of this Article.
(D) Applications for hardship leave shall be in writing and sent to the university/collegeUniversity’s Human Resource Unit and accompanied by the treating physician's ’s written statement certifying that the illness or injury will continue for at least thirty fifteen (3015) calendar days following xxxxx's the donee’s projected exhausting of the accumulated leave. Donated leave may be used intermittently.
(E) Donations shall be credited at the recipient's ’s current regular hourly rate of pay. Donations shall be used to reimburse the university/college University for such costs as are incurred for insurance contributions pursuant to Article 24 22 - Insurance unless health insurance payments are mandated under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
(F) Accumulated leave includes but is not limited to sick, vacation, personal, and compensatory leave accruals.
(G) Employees otherwise eligible for or receiving workers' compensationWorkers’ Compensation, or on parental leave short- or long-term disability, will not be considered eligible to receive donations under this agreement.Agreement. Employees on parental leave
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement