New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 1 - GENERAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 7 - WASTEWATER AND WATER SUPPLY FACILITIES
Part 7 - ABSENCE AND LEAVE
Section 1.7.7.9 - DONATION OF ANNUAL OR SICK LEAVE
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. Employees may donate annual or sick leave to another employee in the same agency for a medical emergency with approval of the head of the agency. Employees may also make and receive donations of annual leave to and from employees in the exempt service in the same agency for a medical emergency with approval of the head of the agency, as set forth by the department of finance and administration's policies for Governor Exempt Employees.
B. Employees may donate annual leave to the full amount of their accumulated hours.
C. In accordance with the provisions of Section 10-7-10 NMSA 1978, the donation of sick leave is governed by the following restrictions:
D. An agency shall maintain the following documentation:
E. Supporting documentation for the request to donate leave shall be kept confidential and not subject to public inspection without the written consent of the employee.
F. The agency shall transfer the leave to the leave account of the employee converting the dollar value of the donor's leave based on the donor's hourly rate of base pay to hours of leave based on the recipient's hourly rate of base pay.
G. The recipient of donated leave may not use such leave until first exhausting all accrued annual and sick leave, compensatory time and personal leave day.
H. Donated leave shall revert to the employees who donated the leave on a prorated basis when the medical emergency ends or the employee separates from the agency.