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participation in the Shared Leave program and a physician's statement <br /> documenting the need for leave. Requests for Shared Leave are reviewed <br /> by the Personnel Director for eligibility. <br /> 22.3.2 Once a Shared Leave request is approved,the Personnel Department <br /> communicates to all County employees a description of the employee's <br /> request for Shared Leave,releasing only the information authorized in <br /> writing by the employee. The Personnel Director may elect to release the <br /> description first to employees in the requesting employee's department <br /> before communicating the request to all County employees. <br /> 22.3.3 Any employee's donation of Vacation Leave to a participant in the Shared <br /> Leave program is voluntary. Direct solicitation of employees for Shared <br /> Leave donations is not permitted. <br /> 22.34 An employee who wishes to donate Vacation Leave to an employee <br /> requesting Shared Leave completes a "Shared Leave Donation" form and <br /> submits this to the Personnel Department within the time period specified <br /> for request. (Sick Leave may not be donated.) <br /> 22.3.5 Donations of leave must be a minimum of four hours. <br /> 22.3.6 Donated Vacation Leave hours up to a total of 80 hours are transferred as <br /> Vacation Leave from the employees donating the Vacation Leave to the <br /> employee receiving the Shared Leave. Once leave is donated and <br /> transferred to the employee receiving the leave,it may not be returned to <br /> the donating employee. <br /> 22.3.7 During the period an employee is using Shared Leave,the employee <br /> continues to be in a leave earning capacity, be entitled to holidays,receive <br /> any salary increase for which otherwise eligible, and be eligible to receive <br /> benefits offered under the County's group insurance policies. <br /> F:\PERS\ELEANOR\SHARELV.WPD <br /> February 22, 1996 <br />