Discussion and possible action to authorize the court to approve changes to the Webb County Personnel Policy, Section 9.01 to allow county employees to donate Sick Leave Hours to another county employee with a catastrophic illness, which shall be defined as a terminal, life-threatening, and/or severe condition or combination of conditions affecting the mental or physical health of the employee that requires the service of a health care practitioner for a prolonged period of time and any other matter incident thereto. Examples of catastrophic illness include, but are not limited to:
Strokes with residual paralyzes or weakness;
Incapacitating heart attack or stroke;
Major surgery such as hysterectomy, mastectomies, heart bypass, prostate;
Debilitating cancer;
Hepatitis, broken hip, car accident requiring hospitalization,
Issue: The county has employees with catastrophic illnesses that don’t have accrued time (Sick, Annual, and Personal Day). The county also has employees who are not able to accrue time as a result of the Personnel Policy, Section 9.01 Leave and Holidays Definition Full Month: for the purpose of accruals only, means any month where not more than four (4) hours of leave were taken without pay within that calendar month.
Solution: Commissioners Court to approve this item for employee that are in need.
Result: Help the employee through catastrophic illnesses by donating Sick Leave Hours.