2230-10

Administrative Leave
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VOTING TIME:

An employee who is qualified and registered to vote shall, subject to the limitations below, be permitted to take time off from work. The time off shall be provided in order to vote in any municipal, county, state or federal primary or election. Voting time will only be approved on the day on which a primary or election is held or during an authorized advance voting period.

Voting Time shall not exceed two (2) hours and shall not be granted to an employee if:

  1. Polls are open two (2) hours before the time an employee is scheduled to report for work; or,
  2. Polls are open two (2) hours after the time an employee’s scheduled work day ends.

The agency may specify the hours during which the employee may be absent to vote.

BLOOD DONATION:

Employees shall be allowed a leave of absence without loss of pay for the purpose of donating blood computed at two hours per donation, up to four (4) times per calendar year. However, any employee who donates blood platelets or granulocytes through the pheresis process shall be allowed a leave of absence without loss of pay which shall be computed at four (4) hours per donation up to four (4) times per calendar year.

The agency may specify the hours of absence for donation of blood or platelets. If the employee does not use the full amount of time allowed for blood or platelet donation, he/she does not accrue any right to additional absence or payment.

ORGAN DONATION:

Employees who donate an organ for the purpose of transplantation shall receive a leave of absence, with pay, of up to thirty (30) calendar days. A donor shall not be entitled to such leave of absence with pay unless he or she furnishes to his or her supervisor a statement from a medical practitioner who is to perform such transplantation procedure or from a hospital administrator that the employee is making an organ donation. If such donation does not occur, the provisions of this section shall not be applicable. For the purposes of this section, the term 'organ' means a human organ, including an eye, that is capable of being transferred from the body of a person to the body of another person.

BONE MARROW DONATION:

Employees who serve as a bone marrow donor for the purpose of transplantation shall receive a leave of absence, with pay, of up to seven (7) calendar days. An employee shall not be entitled to such leave unless he or she furnishes to his or her supervisor a statement from a medical practitioner who is to perform such transplantation procedure or from a hospital administrator that the employee is serving as a bone marrow donor. If such donation does not occur, the provisions of this section shall not be applicable.

TEMPORARY EMERGENCIES:

See TOPPS Section 2112, Inclement Weather.

PREPARATION TIME FOR PROCESSING A GRIEVANCE:

The agency will grant an employee a leave of absence without loss of pay or time for the employee to process a grievance. Such leave shall not exceed four (4) hours per grievance and may not exceed twelve (12) hours per calendar year. The agency may specify the date, hours and location of the preparation time.

DISASTER VOLUNTEER LEAVE:

An employee who is a certified disaster service volunteer of the American Red Cross may be granted leave with pay not to exceed fifteen (15) workdays in any twelve (12) month period to participate in specialized disaster relief services for the American Red Cross. Such leave is contingent upon the request of the American Red Cross for the services of that employee and upon the approval of the agency and coordinated through the GEMA director of emergency management. Leave under this section shall be granted only for services related to a disaster occurring within this state or in a contiguous state which has a reciprocal statutory provision.

REFERENCE:

Rules of the State Personnel Board, Rule 18, Leave and Holidays, Section 18.900
Voting Time, O.C.G.A. 21-2-404
Blood Donation, O.C.G.A. 45-20-30
Organ Donation, O.C.G.A. 45-20-31(a)
Bone Marrow Donation, O.C.G.A. 45-20-31(b)
Disaster Volunteer Leave, O.C.G.A. 38-3-90 et. Seq.

Authored by the Office of Personnel, 404-656-5260

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