POLICIES AND PROCEDURES | Human Resources | 5.26 Voluntary Shared Leave


Voluntary Shared Leave

There are occurrences brought about by prolonged medical conditions that may cause employees to exhaust all available leave, thus requiring them to be placed on leave without pay.  As a result, these employees could be without income at the most critical point in their work lives.  It is recognized that fellow employees may wish to voluntarily donate some of their annual leave so as to provide assistance to a fellow college employee.  This policy provides an opportunity for employees to assist another employee on a one to one basis when a medical condition requires absence from duty for a prolonged period of time, resulting in possible loss of income due to lack of accumulated leave.


Policy

In cases of a prolonged medical condition, an employee may apply for or be nominated to become a recipient of annual leave transferred from the leave account of another college employee or from the annual leave account of a coworker’s  immediate family member who is an employee of a community college, public schools or State agency.  An employee may receive annual or sick leave from the leave account of an immediate family member who is an employee of a community college, public school or State Agency.  For purposes of this policy, medical condition means medical condition of an employee or of an immediate family member that is likely to require an employee's absence from duty for a prolonged period, generally considered to be at least 20 consecutive workdays.  If an employee has had previous random absences for the same condition that has caused excessive absences, or if the employee has had a previous, but different, prolonged medical condition within the last twelve months, an exception to the 20-day period may be made.  The intent of this policy is to allow one employee to assist another in case of a prolonged medical condition that results in exhaustion of all earned leave.


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