North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 25 - STATE HUMAN RESOURCES › Chapter 01 - OFFICE OF STATE HUMAN RESOURCES › Subchapter E - EMPLOYEE BENEFITS › Section .1300 - VOLUNTARY SHARED LEAVE PROGRAM › Section 01E .1305 - DONOR GUIDELINES

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) An employee of
				  any State agency, public school system or community college may donate vacation
				  leave, bonus leave or sick leave to an immediate family member in any State
				  agency, public school or community college. An employee may donate vacation or
				  bonus leave to another employee in any State agency or to a coworker's
				  immediate family member who is an employee in a public school or community
				  college provided the employee and coworker are in the same agency. An employee
				  may donate sick leave to another employee in any State agency in accordance
				  with the provisions of Paragraph (b) of this Rule. Immediate family is defined
				  in 25
				  NCAC 01E .0317 DEFINITIONS.
(b) An employee of a State agency may donate
				  up to five days of sick leave to a nonfamily member employee of a State agency.
				  The combined total of sick leave donated to a recipient from a nonfamily member
				  donor shall not exceed 20 days per year. Donated sick leave shall not be used
				  for retirement purposes. Employees who donate sick leave shall be notified in
				  writing of the State retirement credit consequences of donating sick
				  leave.
(c) The minimum amount of
				  sick leave or vacation leave to be donated is four hours. An employee family
				  member donating sick leave to a qualified family member under the Voluntary
				  Shared Leave program may donate up to a maximum of 1040 hours but may not
				  reduce the sick leave account below 40 hours.
(d) The maximum amount of vacation leave
				  allowed to be donated by one individual is the amount of the individual's
				  annual accrual rate. However, the amount donated shall not reduce the donor's
				  vacation leave balance below one-half of the annual vacation leave accrual
				  rate. Bonus leave may be donated without regard to this limitation.
(e) An employee may not directly or
				  indirectly intimidate, threaten, coerce, or attempt to intimidate, threaten, or
				  coerce, any other employee for the purpose of interfering with any right which
				  such employee may have with respect to donating, receiving, or using annual
				  leave under this program. Such action by an employee shall be grounds for
				  disciplinary action up to and including dismissal on the basis of personal
				  conduct. Individual leave records are confidential and only individual
				  employees may reveal their donation or receipt of leave. The employee donating
				  may not receive remuneration for the leave donated.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 126-4;
Eff. May 1,
					 1990;
Amended Eff. July 1, 1995; September 1, 1992; July 1,
					 1991;
Temporary Amendment Eff. June 26, 2003;
Amended
					 Eff. January 1, 2004 (This amendment replaces permanent rule approved by RRC on
					 February 20, 2003 to become effective August 1, 2004);
Amended Eff.
					 February 1, 2011; December 1, 2007;
Pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
					 substantive public interest Eff. October 4,
					 2016.