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PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY All exempt and non - exempt, bargaining unit and non -union employees, which are benefit - eligible regular employees may participate in the Leave Donation Program as a leave donor or recipient. Requests to receive leave through the Leave Donation Program will be accepted only for individuals who are experiencing a catastrophic illness or injury, and who are within one pay period of depleting all accrued paid leave, and are expected to be absent from work for more than five (5) scheduled working days after exhausting all paid leave. Employees receiving Worker's Compensation benefits from a City related injury or illness, are not eligible to receive donations. Employees shall not be eligible to participate in the Leave Donation Program while on probationary status. To be eligible to donate leave time to another employee, the donating employee shall maintain a minimum leave balance as set forth in this policy. PROGRAM CONDITIONS The terms and conditions governing the Leave Donation Program are as follows: Leave Recipient Conditions: • An employee is only eligible to receive donated leave for time lost from normal work hours and only to make them financially whole. • Recipients must provide documentation to the Director of Administrative Services from a treating physician regarding the illness or injury, inability perform work duties, and the expected duration of the condition. • Recipients of donated leave shall use leave in whole days while off work. Employees may be eligible for donated leave in full hour increments when not medically cleared to return to work on an unrestricted basis. • Donated leave will not be applied to absences before the date on which the employee is determined to be eligible to receive leave under this program. • No employee will be allowed to receive more than a total of fifty (50) work days or 400 hours, whichever is the lesser of donated leave for any single major life threatening disease or condition. This cap is pro -rated for part-time donation requesters based on full -time equivalency status. • An employee is eligible to receive donations of vacation, sick leave, and or compensatory time from other employees one time per a twelve (12) month period, upon approval by the City Administrator. • Eligible employees may receive donated leave up to five (5) days in the case of a death in the immediate family. 2 c.