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Leave sharing permits state employees to financially aid other state employees who will need to take leave without pay or separate from employment due to:
- Having a severe or extraordinary illness; or,
- Having care giver responsibilities for a relative
or a household member with a severe or extraordinary illness; or,
- When voluntarily or involuntarily serving
in the uniformed services.
- Serving in the uniformed services means being
on active duty or active duty for training, inactive duty training,
initial active duty training, full-time national guard duty, and
absence from work to be examined for fitness for duty
- Uniformed services means the armed forces, the army or air national guard of any state, territory, commonwealth, possession or district, the commissioned corps of the public health service, the coast guard and any other category of persons designated by the president of the United States in time of war or national emergency
- Serving in the uniformed services means being
on active duty or active duty for training, inactive duty training,
initial active duty training, full-time national guard duty, and
absence from work to be examined for fitness for duty
"Shared leave" may be a combination of vacation leave, sick
leave, and/or personal holiday hours.
All regular state employees who accrue leave and who meet eligibility requirements (see below) may donate and receive shared leave. Leave sharing at Highline is limited to eligible Highline Community College employees, and does not extend to other Washington State agencies.
Requests to receive shared leave require Human Resources' approval. To make a request, or if you would like to donate leave, please contact the Human Resources office at hrstaff@highline.edu.
ELIGIBILITY
To be eligible to receive shared leave an employee
must meet the following eligibility requirements:
- Have a severe or extraordinary illness; or,
- Have caregiver responsibilities for a relative or
a household member with a severe or extraordinary illness; or
- When voluntarily or involuntarily serving in the
uniformed services as defined above; and,
- Have depleted or almost depleted all eligible paid
leave (sick and vacation leave, personal holiday, as eligible, for serious illness; and
vacation leave for uniformed service duty); and
- Not be eligible for time loss compensation from the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries (health related leave only).
Extraordinary or Severe Illness or Injury: Examples include cancer, major surgery, chemotherapy, broken back, fractured pelvis, liver transplant, heart transplant, AIDS, fetal endangerment, hysterectomy.
Household Member: A person who resides in the same home and who provides reciprocal personal and financial support to the employee.
Relative: A spouse, child, stepchild, grandchild, foster child, legal ward, parent, or grandparent.
WAC 357-31-380
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