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2016 CBA Tentati ve Agreement Page 122 of 217 a. In any one (1) leave year, a leave donor may donate no more than a total of one - half (1/2) of the amount of annual leave they would be entitled to accrue during the leave year in which the donation is made. b. In the case of a leave donor who is projected to have annual leave that otherwise would be subject to forfeiture at the end of the leave y ear, the maximum amount of annual leave that may be donated during the leave year shall be the lesser of: 1. one - half (1/2) of the amount of annual leave they would be entitled to accrue during the leave year in which the donation is made; or 2. the numbers of hours remaining in the leave year (as of the date of transfer) for which the leave donor is scheduled to work and receive pay. c. The Agency shall establish written criteria for waiving the limitations on donating annual leave under paragraphs (a) and (b) a bove. Any such waiver shall be documented in writing. Section 8. A leave donor may request that a specific number of hours be transferred from their sick leave account to the leave account of a leave recipient. There shall be no limitations placed on the number of sick leave hours donated by employees. Section 9. While a leave recipient is in a shared leave status, annual and sick leave shall accrue to the credit of the leave recipient at the same rate as if they were in a paid leave status except that: a. the maximum amount of annual leave that may be accrued, in the set - aside account, by a leave recipient while in a shared leave status in connection with any particular medical emergency may not exceed forty (40) hours, or in the case of a part - time employe e or an employee with an uncommon tour of duty, the average number of hours in the leave recipient's weekly scheduled tour of duty; and b. the maximum amount of sick leave that may be accrued, in the set - aside account, by a leave recipient while in a shared leave status in connection with any particular medical emergency may not exceed forty (40) hours or, in the case of a part - time employee or an employee with an uncommon tour of duty, the average number of hours in the leave recipient's weekly scheduled tou r of duty. c. Annual and sick leave accruals will be pro - rated and distributed accordingly when an employee is working and using donated annual leave intermittently. 1. Annual and sick leave earned while the employee is in a working status will be placed in th e employee's regular annual and sick leave accounts. 2. Annual and sick leave earned while the employee is using donated leave will be placed in the employee's set - aside account. d. Any annual or sick leave accrued by a leave recipient under this Section shall be transferred to the appropriate leave account of the leave recipient and shall become available for use:

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