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Appendix X

Leave Donation

This Appendix describes the leave donation program applicable to
employees of the CSEA Bargaining Units. Detailed guidelines on program

administration are contained in Attendance and Leave Manual Appendix H.
Program Description

The intent of the Leave Donation Program is to provide a means of
assisting employees who, because of long-term personal illness, have

exhausted their accrued leave credits and would otherwise be subject to a
severe loss of income during a continuing absence from work. This

Appendix extends the current provisions of the Leave Donation Program.
Eligibility Criteria - Donors

In order to donate vacation credits an employee of this unit must:
• have a minimum vacation balance of at least ten days after making

the donation, based on the donor’s work schedule. Vacation credits
which would otherwise be forfeited may not be donated.

• donor identity is kept strictly confidential.

Eligibility Criteria - Recipients
In order to receive donated leave credits, an employee of this unit must:

• be subject to the Attendance Rules or otherwise eligible to earn leave
credits;

• be absent due to a non-occupational personal illness or disability for

which medical documentation satisfactory to management is
submitted as required;

• have exhausted all leave credits;
• be expected to continue to be absent for at least two bi-weekly

payroll periods following exhaustion of leave credits or sick leave at

half-pay;
• must not have had any disciplinary actions or unsatisfactory

performance evaluations within the employee’s last three years of
State employment.

Donation to and from Employees in Other Units
Employees of this Unit may participate in the voluntary donation or

receipt of accrued vacation credits with employees of other bargaining units
or those designated M/C subject to the following conditions:

Vacation credits may only be donated, received, or credited between

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