61.395 Leave time for state employee who is disaster services volunteer -- Short title.
Download pdf
Loading PDF...
<![CDATA[
Page 1 of 1
61.395 Leave time for state employee who is disaster services volunteer -- Short
title.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Disaster" means disasters designated at level III and above in the American
National Red Cross Regulations and Procedures; and
(b) "State agency" means all departments, offices, commissions, boards,
institutions, and political and corporate bodies of the state, including the <br>offices of the clerk of the Supreme Court, clerks of the appellate courts, the <br>several courts of the state, and the legislature, its committees, or commissions.
(2) An employee of a state agency who is a certified disaster services volunteer of the
American Red Cross may be granted leave from work with pay for not to exceed <br>thirty (30) work days in any twelve (12) month period to participate in specialized <br>disaster relief services for the American Red Cross for the services of that employee <br>and upon the approval of that employee's agency, without loss of seniority, pay, <br>vacation time, sick time, compensatory time, or earned overtime accumulation. The <br>agency shall compensate an employee granted leave under this section at the regular <br>rate of pay for those regular work hours during which the employee is absent from <br>work.
(3) This section may be cited as the Disaster Services Volunteer Leave Act.
Effective: July 15, 2002 <br>History: Created 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 95, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2002.
]]>