Shared Leave Donations Sample Clauses

The Shared Leave Donations clause establishes a framework that allows employees to donate their accrued leave time to colleagues who may need additional leave due to personal or family emergencies. Typically, this clause outlines the eligibility criteria for both donors and recipients, the process for requesting and approving leave donations, and any limits on the amount of leave that can be transferred. By enabling the transfer of leave, this clause provides a practical solution for employees facing unforeseen circumstances, fostering workplace support and flexibility while ensuring that leave benefits are used equitably.
Shared Leave Donations. To make a donation to the District’s Shared Leave Program, an employee must meet the following requirements: 35.3.1 Only sick leave hours in excess of twenty-two (22) days of an employee’s normal work hour days may be used as a donation to the leave sharing program. 35.3.2 A “day” of sick leave is determined by the length of the donating employee’s regularly scheduled work hours per day. 35.3.3 The donated sick leave conversion shall be calculated on an hourly basis. Each day shall consist of the donating employee’s regularly scheduled workday at the time of conversion. 35.3.4 A donating employee’s leave balance will be reduced by the number of days (converted to hours) donated to the leave sharing program. 35.3.5 All donated sick leave must be given voluntarily. No employee shall be coerced, threatened, intimidated, or financially induced into donating sick leave. 35.3.6 Sick leave donations will be withdrawn from the donor’s sick leave balance only as needed and used by the designated recipient. 35.3.7 Donations shall be withdrawn from a donor’s sick leave balance in date order received. 35.3.8 Employees will be notified if any or all of their donated leave is not needed by the designated leave recipient, and such excess donations will not be charged against the employee’s leave balance. 35.3.9 Certificated employees may donate sick leave to classified employees and classified employees may donate sick leave to certificated employees.
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Shared Leave Donations. To make a donation to the District’s Shared Leave Program, an employee must meet the following requirements:
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Shared Leave Donations. To make a donation to the District’s Shared Leave Program, an employee must meet the following requirements: 1. Only sick leave hours in excess of twenty-two (22) days of an employee’s normal work hour days may be used as a donation to the leave sharing program. 2. A “day” of sick leave is determined by the length of the donating employee’s regularly scheduled work hours per day. 3. The donated sick leave conversion shall be calculated on an hourly basis. Each day shall consist of the donating employee’s regularly scheduled work day at the time of conversion. 4. A donating employee’s leave balance will be reduced by the number of days (converted to hours) donated to the leave sharing program. 5. All donated sick leave must be given voluntarily. No employee shall be coerced, threatened, intimidated, or financially induced into donating sick leave. 6. Sick leave donations will be withdrawn from the donor’s sick leave balance only as needed and used by the designated recipient. 7. Donations shall be withdrawn from a donor’s sick leave balance in date order received. 8. Employees will be notified if any or all of his/her donated leave is not needed by the designated leave recipient, and such excess donations will not be charged against the employee’s leave balance. 9. Certificated staff may donate sick leave to classified staff and classified staff may donate sick leave to certificated staff. Application Process: The employee seeking shared leave must submit a completed “Application to Receive Shared Leave Form” to the Superintendent’s Office. If an employee has submitted a completed Application Form meeting the Criteria for Eligibility described above in this Section, the application shall be approved. The Superintendent’s Office shall send a request for leave donors to all employees of the District except that an employee seeking shared leave may specify a worksite or worksites for such requests. Employees who wish to donate leave to an approved employee in need of shared leave must submit a completed Application to Donate Leave Form to the Superintendent’s Office.
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Related to Shared Leave Donations

  • Shared Leave The purpose of the leave sharing program is to permit state employees, to donate leave to come to the aid of another state employee who has been called to service in the uniformed services, who is responding to a state of emergency anywhere within the United States declared by the federal or state government, who is a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, or who is suffering from or has a relative or household member suffering from an extraordinary or severe illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental condition, which has caused or is likely to cause the employee to take leave without pay or terminate their employment. For purposes of the leave sharing program, the following definitions apply:

  • Leave Donation An employee may donate vacation leave, sick leave, or personal holiday to another employee for purposes of the leave sharing program under the following conditions: A. The Employer approves the employee’s request to donate a specified amount of vacation leave to an employee authorized to receive shared leave; and 1. The full-time employee’s request to donate leave will not cause their vacation leave balance to fall below eighty (80) hours. For part-time employees, requirements for vacation leave balances will be prorated; and 2. Employees may not donate excess vacation leave that they would not be able to take due to an approaching anniversary date; except when the request for vacation leave was denied and the vacation leave was deferred. B. The Employer approves the employee’s request to donate a specified amount of sick leave to an employee authorized to receive shared leave. The employee’s request to donate leave will not cause their sick leave balance to fall below one hundred seventy-six (176) hours after the transfer. C. The Employer approves the employee’s request to donate all or part of their personal holiday to an employee authorized to receive shared leave. 1. That portion of a personal holiday that is accrued, donated as shared leave, and then returned during the same calendar year to the donating employee, may be taken by the donating employee. 2. An employee will be allowed to split the personal holiday only when donating a portion of the personal holiday to the shared leave program. D. No employee may be intimidated, threatened, or coerced into donating leave for purposes of this program.

  • Taking compassionate leave An Employee may take compassionate leave for a particular permissible occasion if the leave is taken: (a) to spend time with the member of the Employee’s immediate family or household who has contracted or developed the personal illness, or sustained the personal injury, referred to clause 5. 2.3.1 of this Agreement; or (b) after the death of the member of the Employee’s immediate family or household An Employee may take compassionate leave for a particular permissible occasion as (a) a continuous two (2) day period; or (b) two (2) separate periods of one (1) day each; or (c) any separate periods to which the Employee and the Employer agree. If the permissible occasion is the contraction or development of a personal illness, or the sustaining of a personal injury, the Employee may take the compassionate leave for that occasion at any time while the illness or injury persists.

  • Intermittent Leave If medically necessary due to the serious medical condition of the employee, or that of the employee's spouse, child, parent, registered domestic partner within the meaning of Minneapolis Code of Ordinances Chapter 142, or other dependents and/or members of their households who have a serious medical condition, leave may be taken on an intermittent schedule. In cases of the birth, adoption or ▇▇▇▇▇▇ placement of a child, family and medical leave may be taken intermittently only when expressly approved by the Employer.

  • BEREAVEMENT/TANGIHANGA LEAVE 15.1 The employer shall approve special bereavement leave on pay for an employee to discharge any obligation and/or to pay respects to a deceased person with whom the employee has had a close association. Such obligations may exist because of blood or family ties or because of particular cultural requirements such as attendance at all or part of a Tangihanga (or its equivalent). The length of time off shall be at the discretion of the employer. 15.2 If bereavement occurs while an employee is absent on annual leave, sick leave on pay, or other special leave on pay, such leave may be interrupted and bereavement leave granted in terms of 15.1 above. This provision will not apply if the employee is on leave without pay. 15.3 In granting time off therefore, and for how long, the employer must administer these provisions in a culturally sensitive manner.