Common use of Sick Leave Donation Program Clause in Contracts

Sick Leave Donation Program. This program has been established to help those operators who are in need because their own serious health condition or the serious health condition of their immediate family member as defined under the Family Medical Leave Act, and who have exhausted all other paid leave including sick leave, personal leave, and vacation time, and compensatory time. This program does not supersede or replace any other retirement or disability program. When the Personnel Office is made aware of the need for sick leave donations, a notice will be sent to all eligible participating operators requesting their help. Any eligible operator may then voluntarily elect to contribute, permanently, sick leave credits for a Sick Leave Catastrophic Incident. For donations the following criteria will apply: A. Only regular, full-time, non-probationary, eligible operators are able to donate sick leave credits or to be a recipient of a donation. The operator must have at least forty (40) sick leave credits three hundred and twenty (320) hours accumulated at the time of donation. B. A sick leave credit will be defined as eight (8) hours and will not have an hourly rate attached C. An operator may contribute only five (5) sick leave credits forty (40) hours per year. D. A sick leave credit donation is permanent and therefore cannot be returned to the donor or converted to cash by the donee’s estate. E. The sick leave credits will be used in place of the operator's regularly scheduled workdays to the extent they are necessary. F. A donated sick leave credit will not count as a separate absence for the donating operator. G. Donated sick leave credits can be used to cover retroactive unpaid regularly scheduled workdays. H. An operator will not accrue vacation or sick leave while receiving donated sick leave. I. An operator may receive up to 480 hours of donated sick leave during a rolling twelve month period measured backward until donations are not available. J. An operator's illness or disability must be certified by a physician. K. When an operator is about to exhaust their accumulated sick leave, a request for donated sick leave may be made in writing to the Human Resources Director. The physician's certification must be attached to the request. The City will determine eligibility for donations and that determination will be final. If it is determined that an operator is eligible to receive donated sick leave credits, eligible employees will be notified in writing of the request for donations. An operator who voluntarily chooses to donate sick leave credits must complete a Sick Leave Donation Form and submit it to the supervisor who will notify the payroll department to deduct the credit from the operator's sick leave balance. A copy of the donation form will be maintained in the donor's personnel file. The payroll clerk will credit the donee's donated sick leave balance by the number of credits received from other operators. L. If an operator returns to work before using all of the donated sick leave, the operator may request the balance be added to their regular sick leave line total.

Sick Leave Donation Program. This program has been established to help those operators employees who are in need because their own serious health condition or the serious health condition of their immediate family member as defined under the Family Medical Leave Act, and who have exhausted all other paid leave including sick leave, personal leave, and vacation time, and compensatory time. This program does not supersede or replace any other retirement or disability programprograms. When the Personnel Human Resources Office is made aware of the need for sick leave donations, a notice will be sent to all eligible participating operators employees requesting their help. Any eligible operator employee may then voluntarily elect to contribute, permanently, sick leave credits for a Sick Leave Catastrophic Incident. For donations In addition the following criteria will apply: A. Only regular, full-time, non-probationary, eligible operators employees are able to donate sick leave credits or to be a recipient of a donation. The operator employee must have at least forty (40) sick leave credits three hundred and twenty (320320 hours) hours accumulated at the time of donation. B. A sick leave credit will be defined as eight (8) hours and will not have an hourly rate attached. C. An operator employee may contribute only five (5) sick leave credits forty (4040 hours) hours per year. D. A sick leave credit donation is permanent and therefore cannot be returned to the donor or converted to cash by the donee’s 's estate. E. The sick leave credits will be used in place of the operatoremployee's regularly scheduled workdays to the extent they are necessary. F. A donated sick leave credit will not count as a separate absence for the donating operatoremployee. G. Donated sick leave credits can be used to cover retroactive unpaid regularly scheduled workdays. H. An operator employee will not accrue vacation or sick leave while receiving donated sick leave. I. An operator employee may receive up to 480 hours of donated sick leave during a rolling twelve month period measured backward until donations are not available. J. An operatoremployee's illness or disability must be certified by a physician. K. When an operator employee is about to exhaust their own accumulated sick leave, a request for donated sick leave may be made in writing to the Human Resources Director. The physician's certification must be attached to the request. The City will determine eligibility for donations and that determination will be final. If it is determined that an operator employee is eligible to receive donated sick leave credits, eligible employees will be notified in writing of the request for donations. An operator employee who voluntarily chooses to donate sick leave credits must complete a Sick Leave Donation Form and submit it to the supervisor who will notify the payroll department to deduct the credit from the operatoremployee's sick leave balance. A copy of the donation form will be maintained in the donor's personnel file. The payroll clerk will credit the donee's donated sick leave balance by the number of credits received from other operatorsemployees. L. If an operator employee returns to work before using all of the donated sick leave, the operator employee may request the balance to be added to their the employee’s regular sick leave line total.

Sick Leave Donation Program. This program has been established is available to help those operators employees who are in need because of their own serious health condition or the serious health condition of their immediate family member as defined under the Family Medical Leave Act, and who have after the employee has exhausted all other available paid leave including sick leave, personal leave, and vacation time, time and compensatory time. This However, this program does not supersede or nor replace any other retirement or disability programprograms. Employee’s eligible for workers’ compensation benefits and/or injury leave are not eligible for the Sick Leave Donation Program. The Sick Leave Donation Program will not limit or extend the maximum allowable absence under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA). When the Personnel Office is made aware of the need for sick leave donations, a notice will be sent to all eligible participating operators City employees requesting their help. Any eligible operator employee may then voluntarily elect to contribute, permanently, sick leave credits for a Sick Leave Catastrophic Incident. For donations In addition, the following criteria will apply: A. Only regular, full-time, non-probationary, probationary employees are eligible operators are able to donate sick leave credits or to be a recipient of a donation. The operator must have at least forty (40) sick leave credits three hundred and twenty (320) hours accumulated at the time of donation.You must B. A sick leave credit will be defined as eight (8) hours and will not have an hourly rate attached. C. An operator employee may contribute only five (5) sick leave credits forty (40) hours per year. D. A sick leave credit donation is permanent and therefore cannot be returned to the donor or converted to cash by the donee’s estate. E. The sick leave credits will be used in place of the operator's employee’s regularly scheduled workdays to the extent they are necessary. F. A donated sick leave credit will not count as a separate absence for the donating operatoremployee. G. Donated sick leave credits can be used to cover retroactive unpaid regularly scheduled workdays. H. An operator employee will not accrue holiday pay, vacation or sick leave while receiving donated sick leave. I. An operator employee may receive up to 480 hours of donated sick leave during a rolling twelve month period measured backward until donations are not availableavailable or FMLA is exhausted, whichever comes first. J. An operator's employee’s illness or disability must be certified by a physician. K. When an operator employee is about to exhaust their accumulated his/her available paid leave including sick leave, personal leave, vacation time and compensatory time, a request for donated donate sick leave may be made in writing to the Director of Human Resources DirectorResources. The physician's certification ’s certification, including the employee’s expected return to work date, must be attached to the request. The City will determine eligibility for donations and that determination decision will be final. If it is determined that an operator employee is eligible to receive donated sick leave credits, eligible the Union and all bargaining unit employees will be notified in writing of the request for donationsdonations by the employee. An operator employee who voluntarily chooses to donate sick leave credits must complete a Sick Leave Donation Form and submit it to the supervisor who will notify the payroll department to deduct the credit from the operator's employee’s sick leave balance. A copy of the donation form will be maintained in the donor's ’s personnel file. The payroll clerk will credit increase the donee's donated ’s sick leave balance by the number of credits received from other operatorsemployees. L. If an operator returns to work before using all of the donated sick leave, the operator may request the balance be added to their regular sick leave line total.

Sick Leave Donation Program. This program has been established is available to help those operators employees who are in need because their own serious health condition of a non-work-related accident or illness, after the serious health condition of their immediate family member as defined under the Family Medical Leave Act, and who have employee has exhausted all other available paid leave including sick leave, personal leave, and vacation time, time and compensatory time. This However, this program does not supersede or nor replace any other retirement or disability programprograms. Employee's eligible for workers' compensation benefits and/or injury leave are not eligible for the Sick Leave Donation Program. The Sick Leave Donation Program will not limit or extend the maximum allowable absence under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA). When the Personnel Office Finance Department is made aware of the need for sick leave donations, a notice will be sent to all eligible participating operators City employees requesting their help. Any eligible operator employee may then voluntarily elect to contribute, permanently, sick leave credits for a Sick Leave Catastrophic Incident. For donations In addition, the following criteria will apply: A. Only regular, full-time, non-probationary, probationary employees are eligible operators are able to donate sick leave credits or to be a recipient of a donation. The operator Employees must have at least forty (40) sick leave credits three hundred and twenty (320) hours accumulated at the time of donation. B. A sick leave credit will be defined as eight (8) hours and will not have an hourly rate attachedrate. C. An operator employee may contribute only five (5) sick leave credits forty (40) hours per year. D. A sick leave credit donation is permanent and therefore cannot be returned to the donor or converted to cash by the donee’s 's estate. E. The sick leave credits will be used in place of the operatoremployee's regularly scheduled workdays to the extent they are necessary. F. A donated sick leave credit will not count as a separate absence for the donating operatoremployee. G. Donated sick leave credits can be used to cover retroactive unpaid regularly scheduled workdays. H. An operator employee will not accrue holiday pay, vacation or sick leave while receiving donated sick leave. I. An operator may receive up to 480 hours of donated sick leave during a rolling twelve month period measured backward until donations are not available. J. An operator's illness or disability must be certified by a physician. K. When an operator is about to exhaust their accumulated sick leave, a request for donated sick leave may be made in writing to the Human Resources Director. The physician's certification must be attached to the request. The City will determine eligibility for donations and that determination will be final. If it is determined that an operator is eligible to receive donated sick leave credits, eligible employees will be notified in writing of the request for donations. An operator who voluntarily chooses to donate sick leave credits must complete a Sick Leave Donation Form and submit it to the supervisor who will notify the payroll department to deduct the credit from the operator's sick leave balance. A copy of the donation form will be maintained in the donor's personnel file. The payroll clerk will credit the donee's donated sick leave balance by the number of credits received from other operators. L. If an operator returns to work before using all of the donated sick leave, the operator may request the balance be added to their regular sick leave line total.

Sick Leave Donation Program. This program has been established to help those operators employees who are in need because of their own serious health condition or the serious health condition of their immediate family member members as defined under the Family Medical Leave Act, and who have exhausted all other paid leave including sick leave, personal leave, and vacation time, leave and compensatory time. This program does not supersede or replace any other retirement or disability programprograms. When the Personnel Office is made aware of the need for sick leave donations, a notice will be sent to all eligible participating operators employees requesting their help. Any eligible operator employee may then voluntarily elect to contribute, permanently, sick leave credits for a Sick Leave Catastrophic Incident. For donations In addition the following criteria will apply: A. a. Only regular, full-time, non-probationary, eligible operators employees are able to donate sick leave credits or to be a recipient of a donation. The operator employee must have at least forty fifty-six (4056) sick leave credits three hundred and twenty (320448 hours) hours accumulated at the time of donation. B. b. A sick leave credit will be defined as eight (8) hours and will not have an hourly rate attached. C. c. An operator employee may contribute only five seven (57) sick leave credits forty (4056 hours) hours per yearyear per employee in need of donations. D. d. A sick leave credit donation is permanent and therefore cannot be returned to the donor or converted to cash by the donee’s estate. E. e. The sick leave credits will be used in place of the operator's employee’s regularly scheduled workdays work days to the extent they are necessary. F. f. A donated sick leave credit will not count as a separate absence for the donating operatoremployee. G. g. Donated sick leave credits can be used to cover retroactive unpaid regularly scheduled workdayswork days. H. h. An operator employee will not accrue vacation or sick leave while receiving donated sick leave. I. i. An operator employee may receive up to 480 636 hours of donated sick leave during a rolling twelve month period measured backward until donations are not available. J. j. An operator's employee’s illness or disability must be certified by a physician. K. k. When an operator employee is about to exhaust their his or her own accumulated sick leave, a request for donated sick leave may be made in writing to the Human Resources Director. The physician's ’s certification must be attached to the request. The City will determine eligibility for donations and that determination will be final. If it is determined that an operator employee is eligible to receive donated sick leave credits, eligible employees will be notified in writing of the request for donationsdonation. An operator employee who voluntarily chooses to donate sick leave credits must complete a Sick Leave Donation Form and submit it to the supervisor who will notify the payroll department to deduct the credit from the operator's employee’s sick leave balance. A copy of the donation form will be maintained in the donor's ’s personnel file. The payroll clerk will credit increase the donee's donated ’s sick leave balance by the number of credits received from other operatorsemployees. L. If an operator returns to work before using all of the donated sick leave, the operator may request the balance be added to their regular sick leave line total.

Sick Leave Donation Program. This program has been established to help those operators who are in need because their own serious health condition or the Should a serious health condition of their immediate family member as defined under the Family Medical Leave Actan employee or an employee’s spouse, and who have exhausted all other paid leave including sick leave, personal leave, and vacation time, and compensatory time. This program does not supersede domestic partner or replace any other retirement or disability program. When the Personnel Office is made aware of the need for sick leave donations, a notice will be sent to all eligible participating operators requesting their help. Any eligible operator may then voluntarily elect to contribute, permanently, sick leave credits for a Sick Leave Catastrophic Incident. For donations the following criteria will apply: A. Only regular, full-time, non-probationary, eligible operators are able to donate sick leave credits or to be a recipient of a donation. The operator must have at least forty (40) sick leave credits three hundred and twenty (320) hours accumulated at the time of donation. B. A sick leave credit will be defined as eight (8) hours and will not have legal child cause an hourly rate attached C. An operator may contribute only five (5) sick leave credits forty (40) hours per year. D. A sick leave credit donation is permanent and therefore cannot be returned to the donor or converted to cash by the donee’s estate. E. The sick leave credits will be used in place of the operator's regularly scheduled workdays to the extent they are necessary. F. A donated sick leave credit will not count as a separate absence for the donating operator. G. Donated sick leave credits can be used to cover retroactive unpaid regularly scheduled workdays. H. An operator will not accrue vacation or sick leave while receiving donated sick leave. I. An operator may receive up to 480 hours of donated sick leave during a rolling twelve month period measured backward until donations are not available. J. An operator's illness or disability must be certified by a physician. K. When an operator is about employee to exhaust their accumulated sick leave days, personal leave days and vacation days, the employee may apply for the use of up to thirty- five (35) additional leave days during the school year under the following conditions: a. The employee must have used all of their accumulated sick leave, . b. The employee must have used all of their personal leave. c. The employee must not be eligible for lost time compensation under Worker’s Compensation. d. The employee has been absent for five (5) consecutive days or demonstrates a request for donated sick leave may be made in writing to the Human Resources Director. The physician's certification must be attached to the request. The City will determine eligibility for donations and that determination will be final. If it is determined that an operator is eligible to receive donated sick leave credits, eligible employees will be notified in writing continuing pattern of absence because of the request for donations. An operator who voluntarily chooses to donate sick leave credits employee’s serious health condition, as documented by health care provider(s). e. The employee must complete a Sick Leave Donation Form an application form and submit it to the supervisor who Director of Human Resources. f. The employee must present a physician’s statement that the illness or injury prevents the member from working. g. The employee must have contributed eight (8) hours to the sick leave bank. Part time employees will contribute prorated hours to match FTE equivalent to the sick leave bank. The completed application, physician’s statement and any other documentation will be reviewed by a committee composed of the Director of Human Resources, the Association President, and Association designee and a District designee. The Director of Human Resources and the Association President will determine whether donated leave for the individual will be granted. If donated leave is granted, the Director of Human Resources will notify the member in writing of the number of days granted and will inform the payroll department to deduct the credit grant hours from the operator's sick leave balancebank to the member. A copy If donated leave is not granted, the member shall be notified in writing. The decision of the donation Director of Human Resources and the Association President shall not be grievable or subject to appeal. The leave is limited in scope to Klamath County School District licensed employees who voluntarily donate sick leave hours using the form provided. New employees become eligible to participate in the sick leave bank within thirty (30) calendar days of the initial hire date within a given year. New employees wishing to contribute to the bank must do so within their first thirty (30) days of employment. Current employees who have not participated previously shall be permitted to enroll not later than October 31 of any year with an effective eligibility date of November 1 of that year. Any unused donated leave will be maintained returned to the sick leave bank at the end of the school year. Donated hours or days used for any illness other than the serious health condition listed on the employee’s physician statement would be considered misuse of donated leave. Unused donated hours will remain in the donor's personnel filesick leave bank and will not be returned to donors. In July, the Director of Human Resources will provide the Association with documentation of sick leave bank usage for the previous school year. At that time, both the District and the Association will determine the cap for the bank. The payroll clerk cap will credit not exceed eight (8) hours per licensed FTE in the donee's donated District. The intent of this bank is to help those in need, and so to facilitate this, both the Association and the District will work together to resolve any sick leave balance bank issue not covered by the number of credits received from other operatorsthis Article. L. If an operator returns to work before using all of the donated sick leave, the operator may request the balance be added to their regular sick leave line total.

Sick Leave Donation Program. This program has been established Program is available to help those operators employees who are in need because of a their own non-work related serious health condition or the serious health condition of their immediate family member as defined under the Family Medical Leave Act, and who have exhausted all other available paid leave including sick leave, personal leave, and vacation time, time and compensatory time. This However, this program does not supersede or nor replace any other retirement or disability programprograms. Employee’s eligible for workers’ compensation benefits and/or injury leave are not eligible for the Sick Leave Donation Program. The Sick Leave Donation Program will not limit or extend the maximum allowable absence under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA). When the Personnel Human Resources Office is made aware of the need for sick leave donations, a notice will be sent to all eligible participating operators City employees requesting their help. Any eligible operator employee may then voluntarily elect to contribute, permanently, sick leave credits for a Sick Leave Catastrophic Incident. For donations In addition, the following criteria will apply: A. Only regular, full-time, non-probationary, probationary employees are eligible operators are able to donate sick leave credits or to be a recipient of a donation. The operator You must have at least forty (40) sick leave credits three hundred and twenty (320) hours accumulated at the time of donation. B. A sick leave credit will be defined as eight (8) hours and will not have an hourly rate attached. C. An operator employee may contribute only five (5) sick leave credits forty (40) hours per year. D. A sick leave credit donation is permanent and therefore and, therefore, cannot be returned to the donor or converted to cash by the donee’s estate. E. The sick leave credits will be used in place of the operator's employee’s regularly scheduled workdays to the extent they are necessary. F. A donated sick leave credit will not count as a separate absence for the donating operatoremployee. G. Donated sick leave credits can be used to cover retroactive unpaid regularly scheduled workdays. H. An operator employee will not accrue holiday pay, vacation or sick leave while receiving donated sick leave. I. An operator employee may receive up to 480 hours of donated sick leave due to his/her non- work related illness during a rolling twelve month period measured backward until donations are not availableavailable and FMLA is exhausted, whichever comes first. J. An operator's employee’s illness or disability must be certified by a physician. K. X. When an operator employee is about to exhaust their accumulated his/her available paid leave including sick leave, personal leave, vacation time, and compensatory time, a request for donated sick leave may be made in writing to the Director of Human Resources DirectorResources. The Requests for sick leave donations must be received two (2) weeks prior to the employee exhausting his/her available paid leave. A physician's certification ’s certification, including the employee’s expected return to work date, must be attached to the request. The City will determine eligibility for donations and that determination decision will be final. If it is determined that an operator employee is eligible to receive donated sick leave credits, eligible the Union and all Bargaining Unit employees will be notified in writing of the request for donationsdonations by the employee. An operator employee who voluntarily chooses to donate sick leave credits must complete a Sick Leave Donation Form and submit it to the supervisor who will notify the payroll department Finance Department to deduct the credit from the operator's employee’s sick leave balance. A copy of the donation form will be maintained in the donor's ’s personnel file. The payroll clerk will credit increase the donee's donated ’s sick leave balance by the number of credits received from other operatorsemployees. L. If an operator returns to work before using all of the donated sick leave, the operator may request the balance be added to their regular sick leave line total.

Sick Leave Donation Program. This program has been established to help those operators who are in need because their own serious health condition or the Should a serious health condition of their an employee or immediate family member as defined under the Family Medical Leave Actby Section H, and who have exhausted all other paid leave including sick leavesubsection 2. Definition, personal leave, and vacation time, and compensatory time. This program does not supersede or replace any other retirement or disability program. When the Personnel Office is made aware of the need for sick leave donations, a notice will be sent to all eligible participating operators requesting their help. Any eligible operator may then voluntarily elect to contribute, permanently, sick leave credits for a Sick Leave Catastrophic Incident. For donations the following criteria will apply: A. Only regular, full-time, non-probationary, eligible operators are able to donate sick leave credits or to be a recipient of a donation. The operator must have at least forty (40) sick leave credits three hundred and twenty (320) hours accumulated at the time of donation. B. A sick leave credit will be defined as eight (8) hours and will not have cause an hourly rate attached C. An operator may contribute only five (5) sick leave credits forty (40) hours per year. D. A sick leave credit donation is permanent and therefore cannot be returned to the donor or converted to cash by the donee’s estate. E. The sick leave credits will be used in place of the operator's regularly scheduled workdays to the extent they are necessary. F. A donated sick leave credit will not count as a separate absence for the donating operator. G. Donated sick leave credits can be used to cover retroactive unpaid regularly scheduled workdays. H. An operator will not accrue vacation or sick leave while receiving donated sick leave. I. An operator may receive up to 480 hours of donated sick leave during a rolling twelve month period measured backward until donations are not available. J. An operator's illness or disability must be certified by a physician. K. When an operator is about employee to exhaust their accumulated sick leave days, personal leave days and vacation days, the employee may apply for the use of up to thirty-five (35) additional leave days during the school year under the following conditions: a. The employee must have used all of their accumulated sick leave, . b. The employee must have used all of their personal leave. c. The employee must have used all of their vacation leave. d. The employee must not be eligible for lost time compensation under Worker’s Compensation. e. The employee has been absent for five (5) consecutive days or demonstrates a request for donated sick leave may be made in writing to the Human Resources Director. continuing pattern of absence because of a serious health condition. f. The physician's certification must be attached to the request. The City will determine eligibility for donations and that determination will be final. If it is determined that an operator is eligible to receive donated sick leave credits, eligible employees will be notified in writing of the request for donations. An operator who voluntarily chooses to donate sick leave credits employee must complete a Sick Leave Donation Form an application form and submit it to the supervisor Director of Human Resources. g. The employee must present a physician’s statement that the illness or injury prevents the member from working. h. Only employees who donate to the sick leave bank in the current school year can be eligible to receive time from the sick bank in the current school year. The completed application, physician’s statement and any other documentation will be reviewed by a committee composed of the Director of Human Resources, the Association President, and Association designee and a District designee. The Director of Human Resources will determine whether donated leave for the individual will be granted. If donated leave is not granted, the member shall be notified in writing. The decision of the Director of Human Resources shall not be grievable or subject to appeal. If donated leave is established for the member, a letter will be sent from the Director of Human Resources confirming the leave. Any approved hours/days that go unused will be returned to the sick leave bank at the end of the school year. Donated hours or days used for any illness other than the serious health condition listed on your physician statement would be considered misuse of donated leave. The leave is limited in scope to Klamath County School District classified employees who voluntarily donate sick leave hours using the form provided. Each employee may donate up to sixteen (16) hours in four (4) hour increments. The donated hours will be exchanged for a dollar amount and placed in the sick leave donation bank. Employees approved of sick leave donation will receive hours based on their hourly wage. Unused donated hours/monies will be carried over to the next school year. The District will notify the payroll department to deduct the credit from the operator's sick leave balance. A copy Association of the donation form total number of hours/monies that are carried over at the end of each school year. Not more than thirty-five (35) donated days will be maintained in the donor's personnel file. The payroll clerk will credit the donee's donated sick leave balance used by the number of credits received from other operatorsemployee in more than one school year. L. If an operator returns to work before using all of the donated sick leave, the operator may request the balance be added to their regular sick leave line total.

Sick Leave Donation Program. This program has been established to help those operators employees who are in need because their own serious health condition or the serious health condition of their immediate family member as defined under the Family Medical Leave Act, and who have exhausted all other paid leave including sick leave, personal leave, and vacation time, and compensatory time. This program does not supersede or replace any other retirement or disability programprograms. When the Personnel Human Resources Office is made aware of the need for sick leave donations, a notice will be sent to all eligible participating operators employees requesting their help. Any eligible operator employee may then voluntarily elect to contribute, permanently, sick leave credits for a Sick Leave Catastrophic Incident. For donations In addition the following criteria will apply: A. Only regular, full-time, non-probationary, eligible operators employees are able to donate sick leave credits or to be a recipient of a donation. The operator employee must have at least forty (40) sick leave credits three hundred and twenty (320320 hours) hours accumulated at the time of donation. B. A sick leave credit will be defined as eight (8) hours and will not have an hourly rate attached. C. An operator employee may contribute only five (5) sick leave credits forty (4040 hours) hours per year. D. A sick leave credit donation is permanent and therefore cannot be returned to the donor or converted to cash by the donee’s 's estate. E. The sick leave credits will be used in place of the operatoremployee's regularly scheduled workdays to the extent they are necessary. F. A donated sick leave credit will not count as a separate absence for the donating operatoremployee. G. Donated sick leave credits can be used to cover retroactive unpaid regularly scheduled workdays. H. An operator employee will not accrue vacation or sick leave while receiving donated sick leave. I. An operator employee may receive up to 480 hours of donated sick leave during a rolling twelve month period measured backward until donations are not available. J. An operatoremployee's illness or disability must be certified by a physician. K. X. When an operator employee is about to exhaust their own accumulated sick leave, a request for donated sick leave may be made in writing to the Human Resources Director. The physician's certification must be attached to the request. The City will determine eligibility for donations and that determination will be final. If it is determined that an operator employee is eligible to receive donated sick leave credits, eligible employees will be notified in writing of the request for donations. An operator employee who voluntarily chooses to donate sick leave credits must complete a Sick Leave Donation Form and submit it to the supervisor who will notify the payroll department to deduct the credit from the operatoremployee's sick leave balance. A copy of the donation form will be maintained in the donor's personnel file. The payroll clerk will credit the donee's donated sick leave balance by the number of credits received from other operatorsemployees. L. If an operator employee returns to work before using all of the donated sick leave, the operator employee may request the balance to be added to their the employee’s regular sick leave line total.

Sick Leave Donation Program. This program has been established is available to help those operators employees who are in need because their own serious health condition of a non-work related accident or illness, after the serious health condition of their immediate family member as defined under the Family Medical Leave Act, and who have employee has exhausted all other available paid leave including sick leave, personal leave, and vacation time, time and compensatory time. This However, this program does not supersede or nor replace any other retirement or disability programprograms. Employees eligible for workers' compensation benefits and/or injury leave are not eligible for the Sick Leave Donation Program. The Sick Leave Donation Program will not limit or extend the maximum allowable absence under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA). When the Personnel Auditor’s Office is made aware of the need for sick leave donations, a notice will be sent to all eligible participating operators City employees requesting their help. Any eligible operator employee may then voluntarily elect to contribute, permanently, sick leave credits for a Sick Leave Catastrophic Incident. For donations In addition, the following criteria will apply: A. Only regular, full-time, non-probationary, probationary employees are eligible operators are able to donate sick leave credits or to be a recipient of a donation. The operator Employees must have at least forty (40) sick leave credits three hundred and twenty (320) hours accumulated at the time of donation. B. A sick leave credit will be defined as eight (8) hours and will not have an hourly rate attachedrate. C. An operator employee may contribute only five (5) sick leave credits forty (40) hours per year. D. A sick leave credit donation is permanent and therefore cannot be returned to the donor or converted to cash by the donee’s 's estate. E. The sick leave credits will be used in place of the operatoremployee's regularly scheduled workdays to the extent they are necessary. F. A donated sick leave credit will not count as a separate absence for the donating operatoremployee. G. Donated sick leave credits can be used to cover retroactive unpaid regularly scheduled workdays. H. An operator employee will not accrue holiday pay, vacation or sick leave while receiving donated sick leave. I. An operator may receive up to 480 hours of donated sick leave during a rolling twelve month period measured backward until donations are not available. J. An operator's illness or disability must be certified by a physician. K. When an operator is about to exhaust their accumulated sick leave, a request for donated sick leave may be made in writing to the Human Resources Director. The physician's certification must be attached to the request. The City will determine eligibility for donations and that determination will be final. If it is determined that an operator is eligible to receive donated sick leave credits, eligible employees will be notified in writing of the request for donations. An operator who voluntarily chooses to donate sick leave credits must complete a Sick Leave Donation Form and submit it to the supervisor who will notify the payroll department to deduct the credit from the operator's sick leave balance. A copy of the donation form will be maintained in the donor's personnel file. The payroll clerk will credit the donee's donated sick leave balance by the number of credits received from other operators. L. If an operator returns to work before using all of the donated sick leave, the operator may request the balance be added to their regular sick leave line total.

Sick Leave Donation Program. This program (1) An employee who has been established a sick leave balance in excess of 15 days may assign any sick leave credits in excess of the 15 days to help those operators any annual salaried nonjudicial employee who are in need because their own serious health condition or the serious health condition of their immediate family member as defined under the Family Medical Leave Act, and who have has exhausted all other paid leave including of his/her sick leave, personal leave, and vacation time, annual leave and compensatory timetime credits. This program does not supersede or replace any other retirement or disability program. When the Personnel Office is made aware of the need for sick leave donations, a notice will be sent to all eligible participating operators requesting their help. Any eligible operator may then voluntarily elect to contribute, permanently, A donor must assign sick leave credits for a Sick Leave Catastrophic Incident. For donations the following criteria will apply: A. Only regular, in full-timeday, non-probationary, eligible operators are able to donate sick leave credits or to be a recipient of a donation. The operator must have at least forty (40) sick leave credits three hundred and twenty (320) hours accumulated at the time of donation. B. A sick leave credit will be defined as eight (8) hours and will not have an hourly rate attached C. An operator may contribute only five (5) sick leave credits forty (40) hours per year. D. A sick leave credit donation is permanent and therefore cannot be returned to the donor or converted to cash seven hour units on forms developed by the donee’s estate. E. The State. Such assigned sick leave credits will be used in place deducted from the donating employee’s sick leave accruals immediately upon notification to the State. (2) An employee who is assigned sick leave under this Section may not be credited with a total of more than 130 days of such leave credits and will not be eligible to apply for benefits pursuant to Section 9.3(h) and Section 9.3(i) of the operator's regularly scheduled workdays to the extent they are necessary. F. A donated Agreement until all such assigned sick leave, and accrued annual leave and sick leave credit is exhausted. An employee will not count as a separate absence for the donating operator. G. Donated continue to earn and accrue annual and sick leave credits can be used to cover retroactive unpaid regularly scheduled workdayswhile utilizing assigned credits under this section. H. An operator will not accrue vacation or (3) Any assigned sick leave while receiving credits not used by an employee prior to his/her first return to duty shall not be restored to those employees who made the donations, but shall be retained by the employee-recipient for his/her use. In the event the employee-recipient separates from service, such donated sick leavecredits shall become property of the State. I. An operator (4) Upon separation from State service for reasons other than retirement, and notwithstanding the minimum balance requirements set forth in Subsection (1) above, an employee may receive up elect to 480 hours donate all of donated his/her accrued and unused sick leave during a rolling twelve month period measured backward until donations are not available. J. An operator's illness or disability must be certified by a physician. K. When an operator is about accruals to exhaust their accumulated sick leave, a request for donated sick leave may be made in writing to the Human Resources Director. The physician's certification must be attached to the request. The City will determine eligibility for donations and that determination will be final. If it is determined that an operator is any nonjudicial employee eligible to receive donated sick leave credits, eligible employees will be notified in writing such donations or to the Sick Leave Bank established pursuant to Section 9.3(l) of the request for donationsAgreement or a combination of a donation to an eligible nonjudicial employee and the Sick Leave Bank. An operator Provided, however, that if an employee who voluntarily chooses donates his/her accruals to donate the Bank is subsequently reinstated or reemployed he/she shall have his/her sick leave credits must complete a Sick Leave Donation Form and submit it to the supervisor who will notify the payroll department to deduct the credit restored from the operator's sick leave balance. A copy credits of the donation form will Bank. No employee who is removed from State service as a result of disciplinary action, or who resigns after charges of incompetency or misconduct have been served upon him/her, shall be maintained in entitled to donate his/her accruals under the donor's personnel file. The payroll clerk will credit the donee's donated sick leave balance by the number provisions of credits received from other operatorsthis section. L. If an operator returns to work before using all of the donated sick leave, the operator may request the balance be added to their regular sick leave line total.

Sick Leave Donation Program. This program has been established is available to help those operators employees who are in need because of their own serious health condition or the serious health condition of their immediate family member as defined under the Family Medical Leave Act, and who have after the employee has exhausted all other available paid leave including sick leave, personal leave, and vacation time, time and compensatory time. This However, this program does not supersede or nor replace any other retirement or disability programprograms. Employee’s eligible for workers’ compensation benefits and/or injury leave are not eligible for the Sick Leave Donation Program. The Sick Leave Donation Program will not limit or extend the maximum allowable absence under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA). When the Personnel Office is made aware of the need for sick leave donations, a notice will be sent to all eligible participating operators City employees requesting their help. Any eligible operator employee may then voluntarily elect to contribute, permanently, sick leave credits for a Sick Leave Catastrophic Incident. For donations In addition, the following criteria will apply: A. Only regular, full-time, non-probationary, probationary employees are eligible operators are able to donate sick leave credits or to be a recipient of a donation. The operator must have at least forty (40) sick leave credits three hundred and twenty (320) hours accumulated at the time of donation.You must B. A sick leave credit will be defined as eight (8) hours and will not have an hourly rate attached. C. An operator employee may contribute only five (5) sick leave credits forty (40) hours per year. D. A sick leave credit donation is permanent and therefore cannot be returned to the donor or converted to cash by the donee’s estate. E. The sick leave credits will be used in place of the operator's employee’s regularly scheduled workdays to the extent they are necessary. F. A donated sick leave credit will not count as a separate absence for the donating operatoremployee. G. Donated sick leave credits can be used to cover retroactive unpaid regularly scheduled workdays. H. An operator employee will not accrue holiday pay, vacation or sick leave while receiving donated sick leave. I. An operator employee may receive up to 480 hours of donated sick leave during a rolling twelve month period measured backward until donations are not availableavailable or FMLA is exhausted, whichever comes first. J. An operator's employee’s illness or disability must be certified by a physician. K. X. When an operator employee is about to exhaust their accumulated his/her available paid leave including sick leave, personal leave, vacation time and compensatory time, a request for donated donate sick leave may be made in writing to the Director of Human Resources DirectorResources. The physician's certification ’s certification, including the employee’s expected return to work date, must be attached to the request. The City will determine eligibility for donations and that determination decision will be final. If it is determined that an operator employee is eligible to receive donated sick leave credits, eligible the Union and all bargaining unit employees will be notified in writing of the request for donationsdonations by the employee. An operator employee who voluntarily chooses to donate sick leave credits must complete a Sick Leave Donation Form and submit it to the supervisor who will notify the payroll department to deduct the credit from the operator's employee’s sick leave balance. A copy of the donation form will be maintained in the donor's ’s personnel file. The payroll clerk will credit increase the donee's donated ’s sick leave balance by the number of credits received from other operatorsemployees. L. If an operator returns to work before using all of the donated sick leave, the operator may request the balance be added to their regular sick leave line total.