Common use of Voluntary Leave Donation Program Clause in Contracts

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 program has expired, donated leave may be used to supplement up to forty percent (40%) of the member’s regular bi-weekly pay. The member may not receive more than he or she would have received in a regular pay period from workers’ compensation benefits and leave donation, less applicable deductions. If the member is not eligible to receive workers’ compensation benefits, the member may not receive more than he or she would have earned in a regular pay period from leave donations, less applicable deductions. No reimbursement for any overtime that the member may otherwise have earned is to be made to the member; (6) A member who wishes to donate sick leave must agree to the above conditions and complete a City Donor Application Form. This form shall be available in the Chief’s office, or otherwise made available to members. Subject to the Chief’s approval, the form shall be forwarded to the Director of Human Resources. Provided the donating member and the intended recipient meet all of the requirements outlined in this section (24.10), the Chief shall approve up to 320 hours of leave donated under this program. Thereafter, any donation made to the member may be approved or denied by the Chief of Police on a case-by-case basis. No member may be forced or coerced into donating sick leave for a fellow member; (7) The donation of sick leave under this program shall occur on a strictly volunteer basis. With the permission of the member who is in need of leave, the Human Resources Director may inform members of a member’s need for leave. (8) Members are prohibited from offering or receiving payments, remuneration or compensation of any kind, directly or indirectly, to another member as an inducement for donating leave. (9) Receipt of privately paid insurance will not adversely impact rights under this article. E. The leave donation program shall be administered on a pay-by-pay period basis. Members using donated leave shall be considered on active pay status, and shall accrue leave and be entitled to any benefits to which they would otherwise be entitled. F. Leave accrued by a member while using donated leave shall be used, if necessary, in the following pay period before additional donated leave may be received. G. Donated leave shall not count towards completion of a member’s initial probation period, if received during his or her initial probationary period. H. Donated leave shall be considered sick leave, but shall not be converted into a cash benefit at any time, including at the end of employment. I. Eligibility to receive donated leave shall cease upon any of the following occurrences: (1) Certification from the member’s health care provider that the extended serious health condition which necessitated the leave donation is no longer applicable; (2) A member’s application for service or disability retirement is approved; (3) Death of the member or of the affected family member; or (4) Exhaustion of all available donated leave.

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. X. 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 X. Xxx 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 program has expired, donated leave may be used to supplement up to forty percent (40%) of the member’s regular bi-bi- weekly pay. The member may not receive more than he or she would have received in a regular pay period from workers’ compensation benefits and leave donation, less applicable deductions. If the member is not eligible to receive workers’ compensation benefits, the member may not receive more than he or she would have earned in a regular pay period from leave donations, less applicable deductions. No reimbursement for any overtime that the member may otherwise have earned is to be made to the member; (6) A member who wishes to donate sick leave must agree to the above conditions and complete a City Donor Application Form. This form shall be available in the Chief’s office, or otherwise made available to members. Subject to the Chief’s approval, the form shall be forwarded to the Director of Human Resources. Provided the donating member and the intended recipient meet all of the requirements outlined in this section (24.10), the Chief shall approve up to 320 hours of leave donated under this program. Thereafter, any donation made to the member may be approved or denied by the Chief of Police on a case-by-case basis. No member may be forced or coerced into donating sick leave for a fellow member; (7) The donation of sick leave under this program shall occur on a strictly volunteer basis. With the permission of the member who is in need of leave, the Human Resources Director may inform members of a member’s need for leave. (8) Members are prohibited from offering or receiving payments, remuneration or compensation of any kind, directly or indirectly, to another member as an inducement for donating leave. (9) Receipt of privately paid insurance will not adversely impact rights under this article. E. The leave donation program shall be administered on a pay-by-pay period basis. Members using donated leave shall be considered on active pay status, and shall accrue leave and be entitled to any benefits to which they would otherwise be entitled. F. Leave accrued by a member while using donated leave shall be used, if necessary, in the following pay period before additional donated leave may be received. G. Donated X. Xxxxxxx leave shall not count towards completion of a member’s initial probation period, if received during his or her initial probationary period. H. Donated leave shall be considered sick leave, but shall not be converted into a cash benefit at any time, including at the end of employment. I. Eligibility to receive donated leave shall cease upon any of the following occurrences: (1) Certification from the member’s health care provider that the extended serious health condition which necessitated the leave donation is no longer applicable; (2) A member’s application for service or disability retirement is approved; (3) Death of the member or of the affected family member; or (4) Exhaustion of all available donated leave.

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 program has expired, donated leave may be used to supplement up to forty percent (40%) of the member’s regular bi-bi- weekly pay. The member may not receive more than he or she would have received in a regular pay period from workers’ compensation benefits and leave donation, less applicable deductions. If the member is not eligible to receive workers’ compensation benefits, the member may not receive more than he or she would have earned in a regular pay period from leave donations, less applicable deductions. No reimbursement for any overtime that the member may otherwise have earned is to be made to the member; (6) A member who wishes to donate sick leave must agree to the above conditions and complete a City Donor Application Form. This form shall be available in the Chief’s office, or otherwise made available to members. Subject to the Chief’s approval, the form shall be forwarded to the Director of Human Resources. Provided the donating member and the intended recipient meet all of the requirements outlined in this section (24.10), the Chief shall approve up to 320 hours of leave donated under this program. Thereafter, any donation made to the member may be approved or denied by the Chief of Police on a case-by-case basis. No member may be forced or coerced into donating sick leave for a fellow member; (7) The donation of sick leave under this program shall occur on a strictly volunteer basis. With the permission of the member who is in need of leave, the Human Resources Director may inform members of a member’s need for leave. (8) Members are prohibited from offering or receiving payments, remuneration or compensation of any kind, directly or indirectly, to another member as an inducement for donating leave. (9) Receipt of privately paid insurance will not adversely impact rights under this article. E. The leave donation program shall be administered on a pay-by-pay period basis. Members using donated leave shall be considered on active pay status, and shall accrue leave and be entitled to any benefits to which they would otherwise be entitled. F. Leave accrued by a member while using donated leave shall be used, if necessary, in the following pay period before additional donated leave may be received. G. Donated leave shall not count towards completion of a member’s initial probation period, if received during his or her initial probationary period. H. Donated leave shall be considered sick leave, but shall not be converted into a cash benefit at any time, including at the end of employment. I. Eligibility to receive donated leave shall cease upon any of the following occurrences: (1) Certification from the member’s health care provider that the extended serious health condition which necessitated the leave donation is no longer applicable; (2) A member’s application for service or disability retirement is approved; (3) Death of the member or of the affected family member; or (4) Exhaustion of all available donated leave.

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 program has expired, donated leave may be used to supplement up to forty percent (40%) of the member’s regular bi-bi- weekly pay. The member may not receive more than he or she would have received in a regular pay period from workers’ compensation benefits and leave donation, less applicable deductions. If the member is not eligible to receive workers’ compensation benefits, the member may not receive more than he or she would have earned in a regular pay period from leave donations, less applicable deductions. No reimbursement for any overtime that the member may otherwise have earned is to be made to the member; (6) A member who wishes to donate sick leave must agree to the above conditions and complete a City Donor Application Form. This form shall be available in the Chief’s office, or otherwise made available to members. Subject to the Chief’s approval, the form shall be forwarded to the Director of Human Resources. Provided the donating member and the intended recipient meet all of the requirements outlined in this section (24.10), the Chief shall approve up to 320 hours of leave donated under this program. Thereafter, any donation made to the member may be approved or denied by the Chief of Police on a case-by-case basis. No member may be forced or coerced into donating sick leave for a fellow member; (7) The donation of sick leave under this program shall occur on a strictly volunteer basis. With the permission of the member who is in need of leave, the Human Resources Director may inform members of a member’s need for leave. (8) Members are prohibited from offering or receiving payments, remuneration or compensation of any kind, directly or indirectly, to another member as an inducement for donating leave. (9) Receipt of privately paid insurance will not adversely impact rights under this article. E. The leave donation program shall be administered on a pay-by-pay period basis. Members using donated leave shall be considered on active pay status, and shall accrue leave and be entitled to any benefits to which they would otherwise be entitled. F. Leave accrued by a member while using donated leave shall be used, if necessary, in the following pay period before additional donated leave may be received. G. Donated leave shall not count towards completion of a member’s initial probation period, if received during his or her initial probationary period. H. Donated leave shall be considered sick leave, but shall not be converted into a cash benefit at any time, including at the end of employment. I. Eligibility to receive donated leave shall cease upon any of the following occurrences: (1) Certification from the member’s health care provider that the extended serious health condition which necessitated the leave donation is no longer applicable; (2) A member’s application for service or disability retirement is approved; (3) Death of the member or of the affected family member; or (4) Exhaustion of all available donated leave.