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STATE OF WASHINGTON
County of Jefferson
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
A SICK LEAVE BANK FOR USE BY ANY EMPLOYEE
WITH A LIFE THREATENING ILLNESS OR MAJOR
MEDICAL CRISIS AND AUTHORIZING COUNTY
EMPLOYEES WHO WISH TO MAKE A VOLUNTARY
DONATION OF ACCRUED SICK LEAVE
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WHEREAS, employees of Jefferson County have asked that a Sick Leave
Bank be established from which employees who have a life threatening or major illness
which has caused them to exhaust their own sick leave benefit, to draw sick leave hours
donated voluntarily by other employees, and;
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners have considered the request
and find that, with some restrictions, a Sick Leave Bank would be in the best interest of
all County employees as a way to help other employees in a time of need.
NOw, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a sick leave bank account shall
be established to which County employees may voluntarily donate a portion of their
accrued sick leave under the following conditions and guidelines:
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Any Jefferson County employee may donate up to a maximum of twenty-
four hours of accrued sick leave to the Sick Leave Bank Account.
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The employee may designate for whom the sick leave is donated or they
may make a general donation.
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A written authorization stating the hours donated should be submitted to the
Human Resources Manager by the volunteer donor.
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Any employee with a life threatening illness or major medical crisis as
attested by a licensed physician may then make a request to the Human
Resources Manager for use of the donated sick leave hours. The request will
include an estimated time he/she will be unavailable for work.
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After review and approval by a Board, consisting of the employee's Depart-
ment Head, a County Commissioner and the Human Resources Manager, a
copy of the authorization will be forwarded to the Auditor's office for
personnel record changes.
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Pursuant to use of time from the Sick Leave Bank, should an employee's
employment records indicate a consistent lack of more than five days
accumulated sick leave or a persistent pattern of using one or more sick
leave days per month (without evidence of a chronic illness), the employee
will not be eligible to draw on the bank. This detennination will be made
by the designated Board listed above.
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An employee must use up all sick and vacation hours accrued before he/she
is eligible to petition for Sick Leave Bank hours. Since an extended absence
could create a budget hardship within an individual office, no employee may
petition for a period of more than thirty (30) working days.
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Following the initial donation to establish the bank, employees may make
donations only after their accrued sick leave balance reaches 240 hours or an
emergency is declared by the Human Resources Manager in conjunction with
the Board of Jefferson County Commissioners. An employee may donate
surplus sick leave only once a year in November and may not exceed
twenty-four hours a year. The purpose of requiring an accrual of 240 hours
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of sick leave before an employee can donate is to ensure that donors do not
jeopardize their own account. If an employee has frequent or chronic
medical problems, it is suggested that they not be a donor.
APPROVED this
1/ ~ day of ~1994.
JEFFERSON COUNTY
AR OF COMMISSIONERS
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