New shared leave policies approved at WWU
On Sept. 20, the President’s Cabinet at Western Washington University approved two new policies:
Requesting and Donating Shared Leave: This is a new policy that formalizes the university’s shared leave program and provides guidance for eligible employees to request and donate shared leave.
Accessing and Donating to Uniform Shared Leave Pool: This is a new policy that outlines Washington state’s uniform shared leave program, through which state employees may donate leave to a pool administered by the state’s Military Department, Department of Personnel and Office of Financial Management. Only state employees who are also uniform service members may access leave from the pool when needed to serve our country. The adoption of this policy is timely in honor of Veteran’s Day on Nov. 11, 2011.
The policies along with related procedures and forms can be accessed on Human Resource’s Shared Leave Policy website. Please direct any questions to Mika Greathouse, Disability/ Medical Leave administrator.