SANTA ANA POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION (POA) (6)

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Page Two 6. In the event the recipient returns to work before leave donations have been exhausted, any balance on the books shall be accrued by the recipient and designated as sick leave. B. Eligibility. Regular, full-time employees shall be eligible for catastrophic leave donations if the following criteria are met: 1. When it is reasonably foreseeable that all accrued time on the books, such as sick leave, compensatory time, vacation, and in-lieu holidays, will be exhausted and the employee's illness will continue past the time when the employee will be on paid status. 2. The employee's department head, or his/her designee, has approved a written request for donations accompanied by a medical statement from the employee's attending physician. The attending physician's statement must verify the employee's need for an extended medical leave and must include a brief statement of the nature of the illness or injury and an estimate of the time the employee will be unable to work. C. Procedure. 1. Upon receipt of a valid request for donations from an eligible employee, the department head or his/her designee shall post a notice of the eligible employee's need for donations on bulletin boards accessible to employees. No confidential medical information shall be included in the posted notice. 2. Employees wishing to donate time to an eligible employee must sign his/her authorization of the transfer of such donated time and provide: a. His/her name, social security number, department name, payroll and budget account number; b. The number of hours of compensatory or vacation time of the donation within the limitations of Section A, subparagraph 3 above; c. The name, department and class title of the recipient. d. A statement indicating that the donor understands such donation of time is irrevocable and the dollar amount thereof is or may be income for Internal Revenue reporting purposes.