Common use of Vacation Donation Program Clause in Contracts

Vacation Donation Program. (a) This program has been established to allow employees to donate accrued vacation hours to eligible employees in need. The purpose of this program is to provide a means by which the eligible employee may obtain authorized paid time off. Employees eligible for the program must: 1. Be a Regular or Part-Time Regular employee already having completed an initial probationary period; 2. Have a verifiable long-term illness or injury (non-work related). For this program, long term is defined as no less than four (4) weeks in duration. It is the employee’s responsibility to complete and return a Request for Donation form to the Personnel Department and attach to it a letter from a licensed physician certifying that the employee has a long-term illness or disabling injury of at least a four-week duration; 3. Not be eligible for long-term disability insurance benefits; 4. Have exhausted all accrued leaves, including advanced sick leave benefits, resulting in the employee being in an unpaid status if on approved leave; 5. Have requested and exhausted a sick leave advance. 6. Have the concurrence of the Department Director and Personnel Director. (b) Once an employee is determined eligible, a posting will be distributed and use of the donated hours will start as soon as possible. (c) When utilizing the donation program, recipients shall receive their normal regular rate of pay, as if being on paid leave status. The benefit shall be payable on regularly scheduled pay days. A minimum of twenty (20) hours per week must be utilized when there are available balances. As with paid leave status, recipients shall continue to be eligible to participate in the group health and welfare related benefits provided by the City.

Vacation Donation Program. (aA) This program has been established to allow employees to donate accrued vacation hours to an eligible employees employee in need. The purpose of this program is to provide a means by which the eligible employee may obtain authorized paid time off. Employees eligible for the program must: 1. :  Be a Regular or Part-Time Regular employee already having completed an initial probationary period; 2. ;  Have a verifiable long-term illness or injury (non-work related). For this program, long term is defined as no less than four (4) weeks in duration. It is the employee’s responsibility to complete and return a Request for Donation form to the Personnel Department and attach to it a letter from a licensed physician certifying that the employee has a long-term illness or disabling injury of at least a four-week duration; 3. Not be eligible for long-term disability insurance benefits; 4. ;  Have exhausted all accrued leaves, including advanced sick leave benefits, resulting in the employee being in an unpaid status if on approved leave; 5. Have requested and exhausted a sick leave advance. 6. ;  The employee is not eligible for long-term disability insurance benefits;  Have the concurrence of the Department Director Chief of Police and Personnel Director. (bB) Once an employee is determined eligible, a posting will be distributed and use of the donated hours will start as soon as possible. (cC) When utilizing the donation program, recipients shall receive their normal regular rate of pay, as if being on paid leave status. The benefit shall be payable on regularly scheduled pay dayspaydays. A minimum of twenty (20) hours per week must be utilized when there are available balances. As with paid leave status, recipients shall continue to be eligible to participate in the group health and welfare related benefits provided by the City.

Vacation Donation Program. (aA) This program has been established to allow employees to donate accrued vacation hours to an eligible employees employee in need. The purpose of this program is to provide a means by which the eligible employee may obtain authorized paid time off. Employees eligible for the program must: 1. : • Be a Regular or Part-Time Regular employee already having completed an initial probationary period; 2. ; • Have a verifiable long-term illness or injury (non-work related). For this program, long term is defined as no less than four (4) weeks in duration. It is the employee’s responsibility to complete and return a Request for Donation form to the Personnel Department and attach to it a letter from a licensed physician certifying that the employee has a long-term illness or disabling injury of at least a four-week duration; 3. Not be eligible for long-term disability insurance benefits; 4. ; • Have exhausted all accrued leaves, including advanced sick leave benefits, resulting in the employee being in an unpaid status if on approved leave; 5. Have requested and exhausted a sick leave advance. 6. ; • The employee is not eligible for long-term disability insurance benefits; • Have the concurrence of the Department Director Chief of Police and Personnel Director. (bB) Once an employee is determined eligible, a posting will be distributed and use of the donated hours will start as soon as possible. (cC) When utilizing the donation program, recipients shall receive their normal regular rate of pay, as if being on paid leave status. The benefit shall be payable on regularly scheduled pay dayspaydays. A minimum of twenty (20) hours per week must be utilized when there are available balances. As with paid leave status, recipients shall continue to be eligible to participate in the group health and welfare related benefits provided by the City.