25 NCAC 01E .1607          SPECIAL LEAVE PROVISIONS

(a)  Agency heads may establish a policy providing time off with pay to employees participating in volunteer emergency and rescue services. Each agency head shall determine that a bona fide need for such services exists within a given area. A bona fide need is defined as real or eminent danger to life or property. Volunteer emergency and rescue services leave shall not exceed 15 work days in any 12-month period, and shall be entered as Other Management Approved Leave for timekeeping purposes.

(b)  Each policy shall require proof of the employee's membership in an emergency volunteer organization and that the performance of such emergency services will not hinder agency activity for which the employee is responsible.

(c)  Blood, Bone Marrow, and Organ Donorship - Employees may be given time off with pay for whole blood donation, pheresis procedure, and bone marrow transplant. Employees may be given up to 30 days with pay for organ donation. Leave granted under this Paragraph shall be entered as Other Management Approved Leave for timekeeping purposes.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 126-4;

Temporary Adoption Eff. March 18, 2002 (This temporary adoption replaces a permanent rulemaking originally proposed to be eff. July 1, 2002);

Eff. August 1, 2004;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. October 4, 2016;

Amended Eff. November 1, 2020.