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1. Any County
employee may donate accrued vacation, compensatory/discretionary
hours, personal and holiday hours to an Employee Emergency Pool
by completing a form provided by the Personnel Department.
2. The Personnel
Department and Comptroller shall keep track of the total hours
available in the pool.
3. Requests
for use of hours from the Emergency Pool shall be made to the
Commissioner of Personnel, who shall make the determination.
4. Any employee
may request time from the Emergency Pool under the following
circumstances:
a. An
employee who is unable to work due to medically verified personal
illness and who has exhausted all available fringes. Blue
Collar employees who can only receive a maximum of $170 per
week under their disability plan may request Emergency Pool
funds to supplement up to their regular bi-weekly gross pay
not to exceed the equivalent of 4 weeks in a calendar year.
b. An
employee who is out of work due to the illness of an immediate
family member (parent, spouse or child) and provides medical
documentation that he/she is required to care for the family
member under the provisions of the Family Medical Leave Act.
The employee must have exhausted all available fringes.
c. All
requests to use time from the Emergency Pool must be accompanied
by a physician's documentation or no action will be taken.
5. All requests
from the Emergency Pool will be contingent on the Pool balance.
6. The maximum
benefit from the Emergency Pool cannot exceed the equivalent
of 4 weeks regular gross pay in a calendar year.
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County Administrative Policy Manual