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An Ordinance amending the Sick Leave Bank Program, changing the name to the Sick Leave Transfer Program; amending the definition of "employee" to include Unclassified Civil Service Employees; amending the definition of "family member" to include step-parents, step-children, and qualified adults;" requiring prospective donors and recipients to complete forms provided by the Div. of Human Resources in order to participate in the Sick Leave Transfer Program; decreasing the number of hours required for participation from over six hundred (600) hours to over one hundred sixty 160) hours; deleting the combined benefits restriction and deleting the maximum number of hours that an employee may donate annually; effective upon passage of Council. [Council Office, Maynard]
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT
Section 1 - That section 21-37.2 of the Code of Ordinances be and hereby is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 21-37.2. - Sick leave transfer program.
(1) A sick leave transfer program for classified and unclassified employees shall be established to provide that any eligible employee may transfer unused accrued sick leave hours to another eligible employee experiencing disabling illness or injury or a death in the immediate family. The program shall be administered by the division of human resources.
(2) The following definitions shall apply to this section:
(a) Employee means a civil service or unclassified civil service employee with more than six (6) months employment.
(b) Recipient means an employee who is eligible to receive sick leave benefits under this program.
(c) Donor means an employee who meets the requirements to transfer leave under this program.
(d) Disabling illness or injury means a medically certified illness or injury of an employee or an employee's family member, which will result in the employee being absent from duty for at least ten (10) consecutive w...
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