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3 <br /> Draft Revision to the Orange County Personnel Ordinance <br /> Article IV, Section 22, Shared Leave <br /> (Changes marked in bold) <br /> 22.0 Shared Leave <br /> 22.1 General <br /> 22.1.1 Shared Leave provides an employee the opportunity to donate a specified <br /> number of Vacation Leave hours and/or Personal Leave hours to help <br /> another employee who has exhausted all Sick, Vacation and Personal <br /> Leave and is in need of leave to cover periods of missed work time due to <br /> a serious medieal health condition or to care for a member of his or her <br /> immediate family who has a serious health condition. <br /> 22.1.2 An employee donating leave may elect to donate a minimum of four hours <br /> of <br /> • Vacation Leave up to the amount that would not drop his or her <br /> Vacation Leave balance below 80 hours of leave. <br /> • Personal Leave hours up to the total amount of Personal Leave <br /> Days available for the calendar year. <br /> 22.2 Eli igibiliV <br /> 22.2.1 Any permanent employee with one year of Orange County service as a <br /> permanent employee is eligible to donate or request leave. <br /> 22.2.2 Following are situations wherein an employee can request to participate in <br /> the Shared Leave program upon documentation of the need for leave by a <br /> physician: <br /> • An employee who is unable to work due to a serious health ea <br /> condition. is e4igible 4& <br /> This includes an <br /> employee who is unable to work due to pregnancy related <br /> disability. <br /> • An employee who needs to be away from work to care for a <br /> member of the employee's immediate family(spouse,child,or <br /> parent)who has a serious health condition. <br /> The following situations are not eligible for Shared Leave: <br /> • Elective surgery <br /> • An employee receiving Workers' Compensation benefits. <br />