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Posted by John Myers, Buxton, March 12, 2008:Today we're looking for help with examples of policies that allow employees the possibility to gift a portion of their earned sick time to another employee in need.  Any example would be helpful. Please email or fax them to me directly at tclerkbuxton@sacoriver.net or (207) 929-4730. Thank you for your help.

Responses:

Bangor has a paragraph in our Personnel Rules and Regulations called “Sick Leave Pool”.  We are allowed to donate our vacation time not sick time. The wording is as follows:

“Sometimes in cases of serious illness an employee, through no fault of his/her own, may not have sufficient sick time accrued to cover the entire illness.  In such cases, the Human Resources Manager may, with the approval of the City Manager, authorize the establishment of a special sick leave pool.  Individual employees may donate their accrued vacation time.  The total pool established may not exceed twenty (20) working days unless specifically authorized by the City Manager based upon the circumstances of the request.  Computation shall be made on a day for day basis and at the pay level of the employee to be benefited.”

I hope you find this helpful.  It has been a very good program for several employees and every time a request is made there has never been a problem getting people to donate. (David Little, Bangor)