5. Personnel Policy Handbook - Laserfiche WebLink

EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PROGRAMS health condition. Employee’s use of shared leave may not exceed four months in any 12-month period. Employees eligible to receive donated leave may request solicitation of leave from their Department Head. Employees may not solicit donations on their own. Department Heads may provide basic information to solicit donations from the employees of the same department. Information about the employee needing to borrow leave will be reviewed with the employee before it is publicized. Further, an employee’s names will be withheld on request, although Cass County provides no assurance that co-workers will not reveal an employee's name if they have figured out who the employee is—for example, based on the timing of an employee's absence. To make a donation, employees should submit a signed statement or e-mail indicating the number of accrued vacation hours the employee wishes to donate to the Department Head, who will then provide to the Human Resources Department. The donations must be in full hour increments. Once leave is donated, it is not returnable. Employees wishing to donate vacation hours must do so on a strictly volunteer basis. SICK LEAVE 312 Effective Date: 01/01/2016 Cass County provides paid sick leave benefits to all eligible employees for periods of temporary absence due to illnesses or injuries. Employee classifications eligible for sick leave include full time and part time employees. Elected officials, temporary, per diem, and emergency employees are not eligible. Eligible full-time employees will accrue sick leave benefits at the rate of 8 hours per month, 12 days per year. Sick leave benefits are prorated for part-time employees. An eligible employee may use sick leave benefits for an absence due to his or her own illness or injury, or for medical and dental appointments. Employees will cease accruing benefits, including sick, vacation, and holiday pay, after 30 calendar days of continuous unpaid leave. Eligible employees may also use sick leave to care for certain family members who are ill or need assistance obtaining medical or health services. For the purposes of this policy, eligible family members include the employee’s spouse, parent, child (natural, adoptive, foster, or step), and any other family member financially or legally dependent upon the employee or who resides with the employee for the purpose of the employee providing care to the family member. Employees can use up to 160 hours for Family Sick Leave. Advance approval will be required by the County Administrator and the employee’s Department Head to use more than 160 hours for Family Sick Leave. Employees who are unable to report to work due to illness or injury should notify their direct supervisors before the scheduled start of their workdays if possible. The direct supervisor must also be contacted on each additional day of absence. In general, calls from friends or family members are not acceptable. If an employee is absent for three or more consecutive Cass County 19