| (a) A sick leave pool program is established to help
alleviate the hardship caused to an employee and the employee's family
if a catastrophic illness or injury forces the employee to exhaust
all accrued leave time and to lose compensation from the state.
(b) A family leave pool program is established to provide
eligible employees more flexibility to: bond with or care for a child
in the child's first year after birth, adoption or foster placement;
care for a person 18 or older in guardianship placement; care for
a seriously ill family member or for the employee, including pandemic-related
illnesses or complications caused by a pandemic; and provide essential
care to a family member due to an extenuating circumstance created
by an ongoing pandemic. Employees must have exhausted all eligible
compensatory, discretionary, sick and vacation leave.
(c) The Human Resources Director or other employee
designated by the Executive Administrator will act as Sick Leave Pool
and Family Leave Pool Administrator.
(d) The Sick Leave Pool and Family Leave Pool Administrator,
with the advice and consent of the Executive Administrator, will prescribe
and implement policies and procedures for operation of the sick leave
pool and family leave pool programs and include the policies in the
Employee Handbook. The policies and procedures must be consistent
with Texas Government Code Chapter 661.
(e) Employee donations to the sick leave pool and family
leave pool are strictly voluntary and must be made in writing.
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