Number
111506
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. DONOVAN
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to an expansion of the donor leave program.
Sections
350-45-1 am
350-45-3-c am
350-45-3-d am
350-45-4-a am
Analysis
Under current code provisions, the city’s accrued time-off donor program allows city employees to donate earned vacation time to other city employees who suffer from certain catastrophic medical conditions. This ordinance expands the donor leave program to include catastrophic medical conditions suffered by employees’ spouses, registered domestic partners, children or step-children.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:
Part 1. Section 350-45-1 of the code is amended to read:
350-45. Accrued Time-Off Donor Program.
1. ESTABLISHED. There is established a city-wide catastrophic illness leave donation program administered by the department of employee relations to provide income protection to eligible employees who have exhausted all [[paid leave]] >>accrued time-off<< and are suffering from a terminal or major catastrophic illness and are unable to work full-time >>or to eligible employees who have exhausted all accrued time-off, except sick leave, with immediate family members who are suffering from terminal or major catastrophic illness. “Immediate family” in this section means a spouse, registered domestic partner as provided in s. 350-245, child or step-child<<.
Part 2. Section 350-45-3-c and d of the code is amended to read:
3. RECIPIENTS' ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AND RULES.
c. The employee, or his or her authorized agent, shall be responsible for completing the applications and obtaining a physician's statement certifying that the employee >>or the employee’s immediate family member is suffering from a terminal or major catastrophic illness that<< meets the program's medical requirements.
d. No determination regarding eligibility to receive donated [[time]] >>time-off<< sha...
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