61.395 Leave time for state employee who is disaster services volunteer -- Short title. - Kentucky Statutes

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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
offices of the clerk of the Supreme Court, clerks of the appellate courts, the
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
thirty (30) work days in any twelve (12) month period to participate in specialized
disaster relief services for the American Red Cross for the services of that employee
and upon the approval of that employee's agency, without loss of seniority, pay,
vacation time, sick time, compensatory time, or earned overtime accumulation. The
agency shall compensate an employee granted leave under this section at the regular
rate of pay for those regular work hours during which the employee is absent from
work. (3) This section may be cited as the Disaster Services Volunteer Leave Act. Effective: July 15, 2002
History: Created 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 95, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2002.