Xxxx Leave Donation Program. If a bargaining unit member, his/her spouse, or minor child(xxx) has a catastrophic illness or injury or if there is a death of a spouse or minor child, and the member has exhausted his/her sick leave, he/she may apply to the Association Executive Board to receive donations of sick leave from other bargaining unit members. If approved, the Executive Board will solicit donations from the bargaining unit members. Each member may donate up to 3 days, with the total donation not to exceed 60 days. The Association Executive Board shall notify the Treasurer’s office in writing of the teachers who donated days and to whom the donations should be credited. No additional advancement under this Section shall be made if a member is permanently disabled. A member who has applied for and been recommended for disability by an STRS physician may not apply for days to extend the date of eligibility for disability.
Xxxx Leave Donation Program. 1. The District will not limit the number of medical emergencies in any given year. This leave is available to employees for care of their immediate families as defined in Article 18.
2. The District and the Association agree that there are times when an employee may need additional leave days should a serious health care condition or bonding with a new child causes an employee to exhaust his/her accumulated sick leave days, personal leave days and vacation days. A serious health condition is defined by state and Federal FMLA which has caused or is likely to cause the employee to take leave without pay or terminate his/her employment. This would also include a serious health condition of an immediate family member as defined by FMLA or Oregon FMLA.
3. The District and the Association further agree that employees may apply for the use of up to forty (40) additional leave days during a school year under the following conditions:
a. The employee must have used all his/her accumulated sick leave.
b. The employee must have used all his/her personal leave.
c. The employee must not be eligible for the lost time compensation under Workers’ Compensation.
d. The employee has been absent for five (5) consecutive days or demonstrates a continuing pattern of absence because of a serious health condition.
e. The employee must complete an application form and submit it to the HR Director.
f. The employee must present a physician's statement of illness and other documentation as required.
Xxxx Leave Donation Program. 1. In the event of a catastrophic illness or injury to an employee or a member of the employee’s family, a sick leave bank may be established.
2. Catastrophic illness or injury is defined to mean an illness or injury that is expected to incapacitate an employee or member of an employee’s family for an extended period of time.
3. Family member is defined to mean the employee’s spouse, parents, parents- in-law, sibling, children and stepchildren, or a family member for whom the unit member is the primary caretaker.
4. Under this sick leave donation program, employees may donate up to ten (10) accumulated sick leave days per year. The employee who chooses to donate:
a. Must provide written notice to the District of the intent to transfer the accumulated sick leave days;
b. Must donate in one (1) day increments up to a maximum of ten (10) accumulated sick leave days. Once donated, the day shall be converted to hours;
c. Must acknowledge in writing to the District that the employee understands that he/she cannot revoke the donation of the accumulated sick leave days because all such donations are irrevocable and binding. The donating employee must sign and date this acknowledgment.
5. Under this program, unit members may receive donated days as follows:
a. Catastrophic illness or injury to an employee:
i. He/she may receive hours up to a maximum of the number of hours necessary to receive full pay until the income protection program begins (maximum 90 days).
ii. He/she must have exhausted all other employment benefits (sick leave, vacation).
iii. He/she must request in writing to the Associate Superintendent of Human Resources (or designee) that accumulated sick leave days be donated and the method of notification.
iv. He/she must provide verification of the catastrophic illness or injury to the District.
b. Catastrophic illness or injury to a member of the employee’s family:
i. He/she can only receive donated accumulated sick leave hours once per fiscal year and for a maximum of thirty (30) days.
ii. He/she must have exhausted all other employment benefits (sick leave, vacation). The cap on personal necessity leave established in other sections of this Article does not apply when an employee qualifies for catastrophic leave for illness to a member of the employee’s family.
iii. He/she must request in writing to the Associate Superintendent of Human Resources (or designee) that accumulated sick leave days be donated and the method of notification.
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Xxxx Leave Donation Program. A Labor Management Committee will be established for the purpose of proposing rules and procedures for a new, program. The LMC will be to develop consistent, transparent and equitable proposals for processes across all departments within the City. The LMC shall also explore proposals to lower the minimum leave bank required to donate sick leave and permit donation of sick leave upon separation from the City. The LMC must consult with the Office of Civil Rights to ensure compliance with the City’s Race and Social Justice Initiative. Once the LMC has developed its list of proposals, the City and Coalition of City Unions agrees to reopen each contract on this subject.
Xxxx Leave Donation Program. 1. With the approval of the Superintendent, if a bargaining unit member exhausts his/her sick leave accumulation because of a current or past catastrophic or long-term illness or injury of either the employee or an immediate family member (as defined in Art. 4.01(D)), another bargaining unit member may donate up to five (5) days of his/her accumulated sick leave to the donee bargaining unit member requesting the donation of sick days.
2. No bargaining unit member may receive more than an aggregate of thirty (30) donated sick leave days in any one (1) school year, unless granted approval by the Superintendent. If additional days are granted by the Superintendent, this waiver decision shall not set a precedent for future requests for donated days beyond thirty (30) days. Donation of sick days shall be initiated by a bargaining unit member on a form furnished by the Treasurer. Donated sick days shall be added to the sick leave accumulation of the donee if/when needed in the order donated (i.e., first donated, first deposited), plus five (5) additional donated days to the accumulated sick leave of the donee bargaining unit member requesting the donation and deducted from the donor bargaining unit member’s accumulated sick leave.
3. To qualify for the absence of the donated sick days provision, the bargaining unit member must submit a doctor’s statement to the Treasurer certifying the current medical need.
4. Donated sick leave days must be submitted to the Treasurer three (3) work days prior to the need of the bargaining unit member receiving the days. This requirement may be waived at the discretion of the Superintendent. However, any waiver decision by the Superintendent shall not set a precedent for future requests for a waiver.
5. The Treasurer shall provide a copy of all donation forms to the Association President.
6. All accumulated sick days, personal days, and vacation days must be used by the bargaining unit member before donated sick leave days may be used.
7. Donated sick leave may not be used for severance pay, nor may it be used to pay the bargaining unit member who goes on disability retirement.
8. Any donated but unused sick leave days that are not transferred to the donee will be returned to the bargaining unit member who donated the days.
