Leave Donation Program (§29-6-27)

The Department of Education Leave Donation Program has established a leave donation program under which annual leave accrued by an employee may, if voluntarily agreed to by the employee, be transferred to the annual leave account of another designated employee if the other employee requires additional leave because of a medical emergency or prolonged illness. A medical emergency means a medical condition of an employee or a family member of an employee that is likely to require the prolonged absence of the employee from duty and which will result in a substantial loss of income because of the unavailability of paid leave. Some basic key points of the leave donation program follow.

· Donors may donate only accrued annual leave

· Substantial loss of income is an amount greater than or equal to ½ month (10 days) of an employee’s base pay

· Recipient must have exhausted all sick and annual leave as well as any other accrued paid leave for which the employee is entitled

· Donor must have a remaining balance of ten days accrued annual leave after making the annual leave donation

· The value of donations will be based on the salary of the full-time employee

Information about the Leave Donation Program and required forms are available in the Office of Human Resources or can be found @ http://wvde.state.wv.us/hr/.