Section 93-9-014 - Maternity Leave Donation (MLD) ProgramAn employee may participate in the MLD program with the approval of the Human Resources Office.
014.01Eligibility of Recipient. Employees must submit a written request on the form provided by the Human Resources Office and: 014.01A Be the expectant mother of a newborn baby or be the adoptive mother;014.01B Have a Department-approved FML request; 014.01C Have exhausted all earned sick leave for eligible sick leave reasons; and014.01D Have not offered anything of value in exchange for the donation.014.02Contributing Maternity Leave Donations. Employees may contribute accrued vacation leave or earned compensatory time to benefit another employee in the Department who requests MLD. Vacation leave and earned compensatory time will be donated in no less than 4 (4) hour increments. The contributing employee must identify the specific amount of time donated and the name of the recipient of the donated time on the appropriate forms for that purpose. Vacation leave and compensatory time donated and transferred to another employee pursuant to this provision will be irrevocably credited to the recipient's MLD account. 014.02A Vacation leave and compensatory time transferred will be converted to a dollar value and then converted to hours based on the recipient's hourly rate. No more than an equivalent of 480 hours of MLD may be received by an employee during the approved FML period. The Department will transfer donated leave to the recipient's MLD account from the donor's accruals in chronological order based on the date the form was received and on an as needed basis.014.03Eligibility of the Donor. Before donating vacation leave or earned compensatory time employees will meet the following criteria: 014.03A Only increments of four (4) hours may be donated;014.03B Have not solicited nor accepted anything of value in exchange for the donation; and 014.03C Have remaining to his/her credit at least 40 hours of accrued vacation leave (earned compensatory time can be donated completely, leaving a zero balance).93 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 9, § 014
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