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3 <br />Draft Revision to the. Orange County Personnel Ordinance <br />Article N, 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 ~ 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 ibg ility <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 a~ <br />condition. °'~ T~'~'° +° <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 />