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5.3 Catastrophic Leave

Upon request of an employee and upon approval of a department director or designee, leave credits (CTO, personal leave, annual leave, vacation, personal day, and/or holiday credit) may be transferred from one or more employees to another employee, in accordance with departmental policies and under certain conditions listed below. Sick leave credits cannot be transferred under this provision.

  1. When the receiving employee faces financial hardship due to injury or the prolonged illness of the employee, employee’s spouse, child, parent, domestic partner (as defined in accordance with Family Code section 297), spouse’s or domestic partner’s parent, brother, sister, or other person residing in the immediate household.
  2. The receiving employee has exhausted all leave credits.
  3. The donations must be in whole-hour increments and credited as vacation or annual leave.
  4. Transfer of CTO, personal leave, annual leave, vacation, personal day, and/or holiday credit shall be allowed across departmental lines in accordance with the policies of the receiving department.
  5. Personal holidays must be transferred in one (1) day increments. (Personal holiday donations shall be made pursuant to the donating employee’s time base.)
  6. The total leave credits received by the employee shall normally not exceed three months; however, if approved by the appointing authority, the total leave credits received may be six months.
  7. Donations shall be made on a form to be developed by the State and signed by the donating employee and verified by the donating department. These donations are irrevocable.
  8. This section is not subject to the grievance and arbitration article of this Contract.