Rule 3358:5-5-26 | Employee sick leave bank program policy.
(A) The college recognizes that employees may face unexpected hardships when they have exhausted, or not yet accrued, their available paid time off (sick, vacation or personal leave). To provide support in these situations, the college has estalbished a voluntary sick leave bank program, which allows eligible employees to donate sick leave hours for use by other eligible employees. The sick leave bank helps alleviate financial hardship by providing a limited number of additional paid leave hours to employees who have depleted their balances and require time off due to a serious illness, injury or other qualifying event.
(B) This policy applies to full-time exempt staff, full-time non-exempt staff and full-time faculty.
(C) This policy shall be administered as set forth in the associated employee sick leave bank.
(D) Human resources is responsible for developing, implementing and maintaining the employee sick leave bank policy, procedures and associated donation and withdrawal forms.
Last updated February 17, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Supplemental Information
Amplifies: 3358.
Prior Effective Dates: 7/10/2017, 11/14/2022