Common use of Donated Leave Program Clause in Contracts

Donated Leave Program. Employees may donate up to sixteen (16) hours of earned vacation or personal leave to an eligible Employee who has been approved for a leave of absence because of a serious illness of themselves, a spouse, legal parent, or child as authorized under the County’s Family and medical Leave Act Policy and Article VIII, Section 10 of this contract, but does not possess the necessary earned hours of leave. An eligible Employee is defined as a regular full-time bargaining unit Employee with at least twelve (12) months of continuous employment at the time of the Employee’s application for FMLA leave. The maximum donated time an Employee may receive in a twelve (12) month period measured backward from the date they used any FMLA leave is four hundred eighty (480) hours. Requests for donated leave must be submitted for approval to the Human Resources Director along with a statement of need and supporting medical documentation. Upon approval, the Employee’s request will be communicated to all department offices to obtain donated leave. Donated leave shall be accepted until the maximum leave is donated or the Employee returns to work, whichever occurs first. The use of donated leave shall be subject to the same restrictions and/or requirements as set forth in the applicable benefit and policy manual, and the Employee/recipient shall not derive any accrual of leave as a result of the receipt of donated leave. Donated leave that is unused upon the Employee’s return to work shall be returned to the respective donor.

Donated Leave Program. Employees may donate up to sixteen four (164) hours of earned vacation or personal leave to an eligible Employee who has been approved for a leave of absence because of a serious illness of themselves, a spouse, legal parent, or child as authorized under the County’s Family and medical Leave Act Policy and Article VIII, Section 10 of this contract, but does not possess the necessary earned hours of leave. An eligible Employee is defined as a regular full-time bargaining unit Employee with at least twelve (12) months of continuous employment at the time of the Employee’s application for FMLA leave. The maximum donated time an Employee may receive in a twelve (12) month period measured backward from the date they used any FMLA leave is four hundred eighty (480) 240 hours. Requests for donated leave must be submitted for approval to the Human Resources Director along with a statement of need and supporting medical documentation. Upon approval, the Employee’s request will be communicated to all department offices to obtain donated leave. Donated leave shall be accepted until the maximum leave is donated or the Employee returns to work, whichever occurs first. The use of donated leave shall be subject to the same restrictions and/or requirements as set forth in the applicable benefit and policy manual, and the Employee/recipient shall not derive any accrual of leave as a result of the receipt of donated leave. Donated leave that is unused upon the Employee’s return to work shall be returned to the respective donor.