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Monday 20 June 2011

Innovative HR Practices - Vacation Donation

The Basic idea behind that every employee will forego/ donate his/ her one leave atleast from their availiable leave account. The purpose of vacation donation is to provide financial assistance during approved unpaid leaves related to life-threatening illness or injury of self or immediate family members, for childbirth, adoption and foster care placement or death of an immediate family member. This policy visibly demonstrates the one Organizations commitment to work/life integration.The Basic idea behind that every employee will forego/ donate his/ her one leave atleast from their availiable leave account.

Eligibility & SOP ( Proposed may be Alter as per Need of Organizaton )
A. The recipient may request to receive donated vacation to provide care for their own or an immediate family member’s life threatening or terminal illness or injury. The use of donated vacation may also be requested for the birth, adoption or foster placement of a child or for the death of an immediate family member.
B. The recipient must have a regular appointment that is eligible to accrue sick time and must have exhausted all paid leave balances before using donated vacation.
B. Sick and compensatory time may not be donated.
C. Donated vacation can only be applied for after unpaid leave is approved.
D. The recipient may use up to 4 weeks of donated vacation time (up to160 hours, prorated based on FTE).

E. Donated vacation may not be used to exceed the recipient’s normally scheduled work hours per pay period and must be donated in 8-hour increments.
F. Leave taken using donated vacation may not be counted in the calculation of unpaid leave balances.
G. Donated vacation may run concurrently with Family Medical Leave.
H Donated vacation hours are converted into an equivalent number of sick time hours.
I. Unused donated vacation hours are forfeited and will not be returned to the donor.

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