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5. LEAVE RECIPENT: - an employee whose request for a Vacation Leave Donation has been approved in accordance with the provisions of this policy. 6. SOLICITATION: a request made to City employees for Vacation Donation Leave following a verification of eligibility by the Human Resources Department ELIGIBILITY: Employees applying for vacation leave through the Vacation Leave Donation Program must mee1 ALL of the following requirements: 1. Have a catastrophic illness and/or injury which requires the employee to be homebound OJ hospitalized and causing the employee to be absent from 80 or more consecutive work hours or one hundred twenty (120) consecutive work hours for twenty-four (24) hour shift personnel, and which causes a loss of income due to the employee having exhausted all sick leave, vacation, or other paid time to cover the period of absence. Catastrophic illness or injury is further defined as long-term, incapacitating illness, injury or medical condition which requires the employee to take time off wolk for an extended period. 2. The requested leave is not for the purpose of providing care or assistance to a family member suffering from a catastrophic illness and/or nyury. 3. The catastrophic illness or injury is not self- inflicted or the result of an illegal act in which the applicant was a pmticipant. 4. The catastrophic illness or injury represents a medically documented diagnosis subject to review by a medical consultant of the City's choice. 5. The employee is not eligible for temporary total disability payments under the state wolkers' compensation law, and/or any other disability leave payments such as Long-Term Disability. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROGRAM: The Vacation Leave Donation Program is administered through the Human Resources Department (HRD), which is responsible for coordinating donations, applications, and authorizing eligibility. All requests for donated vacation leave time will be processed by the HRD by reviewing the employee's application, verifying that the employee has a qualifying injury or illness (including a review of medical records) and has exhausted all eligible paid leave. The HRD will keep a list of employees and the number of hours they have donated as a source to pull hours from when request are made. Human Resources will send a request to all departments seeking employee donations of Vacation leave. Employees will agree to donate vacation in eight (8) hour increments of Vacation leave and the HRD will coordinate the documentation of time with the Finance Department. The employee or designee seeking vacation leave time should make the request to the HRD with appropriate documentation of the reason for the request.