Common use of Voluntary Sick Leave Donation Program Clause in Contracts

Voluntary Sick Leave Donation Program. All members covered by this Agreement with a minimum of 160 hours of sick leave on the books may be eligible to donate up to 40 hours of accumulated sick leave per occurrence to another regular full- or part-time employee who has a catastrophic illness or injury either to themselves or an immediate family member. A catastrophic illness or injury is one that is expected to incapacitate the employee or an immediate family member for an extended period of time, provided taking extended time off work creates a financial hardship for the employee because all sick leave and other paid time off has been exhausted. Examples may include, but are not limited to, life threatening injury or illness, cancer, AIDS, heart surgery, stroke, etc. An immediate family member includes parents, in-laws, children, spouse, siblings and grandparents or at the department head's discretion. The employee receiving donations (recipient) must have exhausted all available leave (sick, vacation, holiday, etc.) before becoming eligible to apply for this program. To apply, the employee must notify the Director of Human Resources in writing of his/her desire to have a notice posted requesting donated time. No donations will be accepted without the recipient’s written request. Employees wishing to donate time (donors) should notify the Director of Human Resources in writing, noting how much time they wish to donate and whether or not they wish to remain anonymous in their donations. They will have the time deducted from their sick leave banks and this time will not count towards any other buy-back programs. However, the donors will not be penalized in any way by having this time deducted, such as being included in any other sick leave incentive programs. All donated time must be in increments of 8 hours and will be considered on an hour-for- hour basis, regardless of the pay level of the donor and recipient. Any unused donated time will be returned to the donors on a prorated basis. This policy shall in no way extend the time off beyond 6 months unless an exception is made by the City Manager or otherwise required by law and will work in conjunction with all other City policies.

Voluntary Sick Leave Donation Program. All members covered by this Agreement with a minimum of 160 hours of sick leave on the books may be eligible to donate up to 40 hours of accumulated sick leave per occurrence to another regular full- or part-time employee who has a catastrophic illness or injury either to themselves or an immediate family member. A catastrophic illness or injury is one that is expected to incapacitate the employee or an immediate family member for an extended period of time, provided taking extended time off work creates a financial hardship for the employee because all sick leave and other paid time off has been exhausted. Examples may include, but are not limited to, life threatening injury or illness, cancer, AIDS, heart surgery, stroke, etc. An immediate family member includes parents, in-laws, children, spouse, siblings and grandparents or at the department head's discretion. The employee receiving donations (recipient) must have exhausted all available leave (sick, vacation, holiday, etc.) before becoming eligible to apply for this program. To apply, the employee must notify the Director of Human Resources in writing of his/her desire to have a notice posted requesting donated time. No donations will be accepted without the recipient’s written request. Employees wishing to donate time (donors) should notify the Director of Human Resources in writing, noting how much time they wish to donate and whether or not they wish to remain anonymous in their donations. They will have the time deducted from their sick leave banks and this time will not count towards any other buy-back programs. However, the donors will not be penalized in any way by having this time deducted, such as being included in any other sick leave incentive programs. All donated time must be in increments of 8 hours and will be considered on an hour-for- for-hour basis, regardless of the pay level of the donor and recipient. Any unused donated time will be returned to the donors on a prorated basis. This policy shall in no way extend the time off beyond 6 months unless an exception is made by the City Manager or otherwise required by law and will work in conjunction with all other City policies.