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 bonafide need for such services exists within a given area.  A bonafide need is defined as real or eminent danger to life or property.

(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 unreasonably hinder agency activity for which the employee is responsible.

(c)  Blood, Bone Marrow and Organ Donorship – Employees may be given reasonable 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.

 

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.