Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) Overview
This policy establishes university policy and procedures for
organ donation leave for full-time faculty and staff, pursuant to section
124.139 of the Revised
Code.
Ohio university will grant an organ donation leave with pay to
all full-time faculty and staff, including those
covered under a collective bargaining agreement. For faculty, this policy
applies only to the extent that no contrary provision is included in the
"Faculty Handbook."
(B)
Organ donation leave
(1) Application
When organ donation leave is anticipated, verbal notice should
be given as far in advance as possible, followed by written documentation to
include a "Request for Organ Donation Leave," indicating hours and dates of
leave and including supporting medical certification from an appropriate health
care provider.
(2) Leave
provided
(a) All full-time employees who
donate an adult kidney or any portion of an adult liver shall receive up to two
hundred forty hours of leave with pay during each calendar year to use during
those hours when the employee is absent from work due to the employee's
donation.
(b) All full-time
employees who donate adult bone marrow shall receive up to fifty-six hours of
leave with pay during each calendar year to use during those hours when the
employee is absent from work due to the employee's donation.
(c) The duration of leave for other types of
organ donations will be decided on a case-by-case basis by the chief human
resource officer, who will consult competent medical authority.
(3) Use
(a) Organ donation leave shall be exhausted
prior to using any sick leave or vacation leave to continue recuperation from
the organ donation.
(b) Organ
donation leave shall run concurrently with other university leave programs
(e.g., family medical leave). Organ donation could be considered a serious
health condition under the family medical leave act, and therefore, providing
the employee met the other family medical leave requirements, would be covered
under the act.
(c) The employee
using such organ donation leave shall be compensated at the employee's regular
rate of pay for those regular work hours during which the employee is absent
from work.
