Voluntary Leave Donation Program Clause Samples
The Voluntary Leave Donation Program clause establishes a system where employees can voluntarily donate their accrued leave time to colleagues who are facing personal emergencies or medical situations and have exhausted their own leave balances. Typically, this program outlines the eligibility criteria for both donors and recipients, the types of leave that can be donated (such as vacation or sick leave), and the process for requesting and approving donations. Its core practical function is to provide a safety net for employees in need, fostering a supportive workplace culture and helping to address unforeseen hardships without financial penalty to the affected employee.
Voluntary Leave Donation Program. The following voluntary leave donation program is established:
A. A member may donate paid sick leave to a fellow member in order to assist a member in critical need of leave due to an extended serious illness or injury of the member, or if the member is needed to care for the member’s spouse and/or the member’s immediate family member due to an extended serious illness or injury.
B. A critical need of leave due to an extended serious illness or injury “for purposes of this program is a leave that requires absence from work of more than fifteen (15) consecutive work days and that, in the case of the member’s own illness or injury, renders the member unable to perform his or her job duties.”
C. A member may donate leave earned from the City as follows:
(1) The first sixteen (16) hours donated shall be vacation leave. If the donor does not have accrued vacation time, this requirement will be waived or reduced. Thereafter, sick leave can be donated;
(2) The donor voluntarily elects to donate sick leave and does so with the understanding that donated sick leave will not be returned since the sick leave is donated on an as needed basis;
(3) The donor donates a minimum of four (4) sick leave hours;
(4) The donor retains a combined sick leave balance of at least two hundred and forty (240) hours of sick leave from the City after deduction of donated hours; and
(5) The donor does not donate more than eighty (80) hours of sick leave in one calendar year.
D. For a member to receive donated leave at his or her regular rate of pay, up to the number of hours the member is scheduled to work each pay period, the following conditions apply:
(1) Has an extended serious illness or injury, as previously defined, or has a spouse or immediate family member with an extended serious illness or injury, as previously defined, and provides written documentation from his or her health care provider certifying the serious illness or injury;
(2) Has no sick leave, Injury and/or compensatory leave balances and has exhausted all vacation leave, except that a member may reserve up to forty (40) hours of vacation leave;
(3) Has no active disciplinary record regarding sick leave abuse;
(4) Has applied for any paid leave and/or workers’ compensation benefits program for which the member is eligible, provided that a member who has applied for these programs may use donated leave to satisfy the waiting period for such benefits;
(5) After the waiting period for the workers’ compensation progra...
Voluntary Leave Donation Program. Classified employees may opt to voluntarily donate up to sixteen (16) hours of vacation time per year to this program. The purpose of this Leave Donation Program is, in the event of a catastrophic medical condition of a classified employee or a family member, to provide a bridge for employees until the employee returns to work or qualifies for long-term disability insurance or PERS disability benefits, and to provide for the time actually necessary to care for an ill family member or to arrange for the person's long term care. (See Appendix A for details.) An application can be obtained in the District Business Office.
Voluntary Leave Donation Program. A. An employee who has ten (10) or more accumulated vacation days may donate up to five
Voluntary Leave Donation Program