Benefits Book 2018

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City Manager’s Sick Leave Eligibility

Donated Sick Leave Eligibility

• Any employee who has worked five consecutive years in a benefit eligible position. • Sick leave balance must be zero. • The department director must have advanced 80 hours of sick leave*. • The employee must have used all but 40 hours of annual leave. • The employee must not have abused their sick leave. • The employee must have a good work record. • The employee is expected to return towork. Benefit • This allows an employee to stay in a paid status even though they have no earned sick leave available. Limitations/Requirements • Up to 1,056 hours of sick leave can be granted by the City Manager (Part-time employees, see the part-time leave section). • The cumulative total of City Manager’s Leave cannot exceed the total eligible hours for the duration of an employee’s career with the City of Greensboro.

• Any benefit eligible employee **with less than five years of servicewhohas exhausted all other forms of paid leave for which they would otherwise be eligible. • Any benefit eligible employee with more than five years of employment who is out of work in the event of caring for a sick family member or has exhausted City Manager’s Leave due to their own illness. • The employee must not have abused their sick leave. • Donated leave requests must be approved by the department director and the Human Resources Director. • The employee is expected to return towork. Benefit • This allows an employee to stay in a paid status eventhoughtheyhavenoearnedleaveavailable. Limitations/Requirements • The employee must have completed their probationary period to be eligible. • Donated leave must be received from other benefit eligible employees. • Donated leave must be voluntarily given. • Donators of this leave must donate their earned annual leave.

* This eligibility criteria applies to full-time employees. Part-time employees may be granted City Manager’s Sick Leave: PT 20 employees may be advanced up to 528 hours; PT 25 employees may be advanced up to 660 hours; and PT 30 employees may be advanced up to 792 hours. ** This policy refers to both full-time and part-time benefitted employees.

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