Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
Title 273 - STATE PERSONNEL DIVISION
Chapter 9 - PROVISIONS FOR LEAVE
Section 273-9-006 - MATERNITY LEAVE DONATION (MLD) PROGRAM
Current through March 20, 2024
When a mother needs to be away from work due to a birth of a child, she may request MLD. MLD is available only to employees who have exhausted their own earned sick leave, in conjunction with an approved Family Medical Leave (FML) under the Family Medical Leave Act and only with approval of the agency head and/or designee.
006.01 ELIGIBILITY OF RECIPIENT. Employees must meet the following criteria before request(s) for donations can be made:
006.02 REQUESTING MATERNITY LEAVE DONATIONS. Employees need to submit a written request for MLD to the agency/facility Human Resources office. The request needs to include substantiating evidence as described in the Family Medical Leave Act. The Human Resources staff will be responsible to initiate the process to verify eligibility, seek agency head approval, request donations, apply the conversion formula to donations received, and notify the appropriate payroll personnel of changes to receiving/donating employees' leave balances. Agency heads and/or their designee(s) need to approve both the FML and MLD requests before solicitation for donations begin.
006.03 CONTRIBUTING MATERNITY LEAVE DONATIONS. Employees may contribute accrued vacation leave or earned compensatory time to benefit another State employee in the same agency who requests MLD. Vacation leave and earned compensatory time may only be donated in no less than four-hour increments. The contributing employee needs to identify the specific amount of time donated and the name of the recipient of the donated time on the appropriate forms for that purpose. Hours donated and transferred to another State employee pursuant to this provision will be irrevocably credited to the recipient's MLD account.
006.04 ELIGIBILITY OF THE DONOR. Before donating leave, employees must meet the following criteria:
006.05 ADOPTIVE MOTHERS. Per Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-234, adoptive mothers may be entitled to use MLD in certain situations. Adoptive mothers need to meet the eligibility requirements as outlined above. The provisions of this section are non-grievable.
006.06 This section has been adjusted pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1317.