Sick Leave Acquired by Donated Vacation Leave. The Department will establish and administer a donated leave program that: a. Allows any employee who, as a result of extended or catastrophic illness and/or injury to the employee or family member, has exhausted all accumulated leave (sick, vacation, compensatory and personal) and is not receiving workers’ compensation benefits or PERS retirement benefits to receive donated leave; b. Allows an employee, within the same agency, to voluntarily donate vacation leave in increments of one (1) hour or more to an eligible Department employee’s sick leave account, based on the conversion of the donor’s salary rate to sick leave hours at the donee’s salary rate; c. Allows an eligible donee employee to receive up to a maximum of 480 converted hours (60 days) of donated leave per calendar year; d. Prohibits the donor from recovering any unused hours from the donee’s sick leave account; e. Requires documentation, including the donor’s signature, and verification of need; f. Allows exceptions to the above provisions by approval of the Attorney General or designee.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Acquired by Donated Vacation Leave. The Department will establish and administer a donated leave program that:
a. Allows any employee who, as a result of extended or catastrophic illness and/or injury to the employee or family member, has exhausted all accumulated leave (sick, vacation, compensatory and personal) and is not receiving workers’ workers‟ compensation benefits or PERS retirement benefits to receive donated leave;
b. Allows an employee, within the same agency, to voluntarily donate vacation leave in increments of one (1) hour or more to an eligible Department employee’s employee‟s sick leave account, based on the conversion of the donor’s donor‟s salary rate to sick leave hours at the donee’s donee‟s salary rate;
c. Allows an eligible donee employee to receive up to a maximum of 480 converted hours (60 days) of donated leave per calendar year;
d. Prohibits the donor from recovering any unused hours from the donee’s donee‟s sick leave account;
e. Requires documentation, including the donor’s donor‟s signature, and verification of need;
f. Allows exceptions to the above provisions by approval of the Attorney General or designee.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
