SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 721 (SEIU) (2010-2013)

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5. All donations shall be irrevocable. 6. In the event the recipient returns to work before leave donations have been exhausted, any balance on the books shall be accrued by the recipient and designated as sick leave and may be used pursuant to Article X, Sections 10.1 A through 10.1 K. 7. Donations shall be limited to employees of this bargaining unit or any other unrepresented unit. B. Eligibility. Regular, full-time employees shall be eligible for Catastrophic Leave Donations if the following criteria are met: 1. When it is reasonably foreseeable that all accrued time on the books, such as sick leave, compensatory time and vacation, will be exhausted and the employee's illness will continue past the time when the employee will be on paid status. 2. The employee's Department Head, or his or her designee, has approved a written request for donations accompanied by a medical statement from the employee's attending physician. The attending physician's statement must verify the employee's need for an extended medical leave and an estimate of the time the employee will be unable to work. C. Procedure. 1. Upon receipt of a valid request for donations from an eligible employee, the Department Head or his or her designee shall post a notice of the eligible employee's need for donations on bulletin boards accessible to employees. No confidential medical information shall be included in the posted notice. 2. Employees wishing to donate time to an eligible employee must sign his or her authorization of the transfer of such donated time and provide: • His or her name, department name, and employee number. • The number of hours of compensatory or vacation time of the donation within the limitations of Section A, subparagraph 3 above; • The name, department and employee number of the recipient; • A statement indicating that the donor understands such donation of time is irrevocable. 76