006.24.1-108.0.0. CATASTROPHIC LEAVE BANK PROGRAM (Arkansas Code Annotated §§ 21-4-203; 21-4-21...
AR ADC 006.24.1-108.0.0Arkansas Administrative Code
Ark. Admin. Code 006.24.1-108.0.0
006.24.1-108.0.0. CATASTROPHIC LEAVE BANK PROGRAM (Arkansas Code Annotated §§ 21-4-203; 21-4-214; 6-63-601 & 6-63-602)
Section 108.1.0 Catastrophic Leave
Section 108.1.1
Arkansas Code Annotated § 21-4-214 and 6-63-602 authorizes classified state agencies and institutions of higher education to establish catastrophic leave bank programs or participate in a statewide leave bank program administered by the Office of Personnel Management. Catastrophic Leave Banks are a pool of accrued sick and annual leave, donated by state employees for use by employees during a catastrophic illness of the employee or a qualifying family member. “Catastrophic illness” means a medical condition of an employee or of the spouse or parent of the employee or of a child of the employee which may be claimed as a dependent under the Arkansas Income Tax Act of 1929, as certified by a physician that requires an employee's absence from duty for a prolonged period of time and which, except for the catastrophic leave program, would result in a substantial loss of income to the employee because of the exhaustion of all earned sick and annual leave.
Section 108.1.2
A state agency employee is eligible for catastrophic leave when the following criteria are met:
• A. The employee must have been employed by the state for more than two (2) years in a full-time regular salaried position.
• B. The employee, at the onset of the illness or injury, had to his or her credit at least eighty (80) hours of combined sick and annual leave and has exhausted all such leave;
• C. If the illness or injury is that of an employee and is covered by workers' compensation, the compensation based on catastrophic leave when combined with the weekly workers' compensation benefit received by the employee shall not exceed the compensation being received by the employee at the onset of the illness or injury.
• D. An acceptable medical certificate from a physician supporting the continued absence is on file.
• E. The employee has not been disciplined for any leave abuse during the past two (2) years.
Section 108.1.3
An institution of higher education non-faculty, benefits eligible, full time employee is eligible for catastrophic leave when the following criteria are met:
• A. The employee has been employed by the state institution of higher education for more than two (2) years;
• B. An acceptable medical certificate from a physician supporting the continued absence is on file; and
• C. The employee has not been disciplined for any leave abuse during the past two (2) years.
• D. If the illness or injury is that of an employee and is covered by workers' compensation, the compensation based on catastrophic leave when combined with the weekly workers' compensation benefit received by the employee shall not exceed the compensation being received by the employee at the onset of the illness or injury.
CATASTROPHIC LEAVE RECIPIENT FORM - OPM Form 012
CATASTROPHIC LEAVE DEPENDENT CHILD CERTIFICATION FORM Form 008
CATASTROPHIC LEAVE PHYSICIANS CERTIFICATION FORM - OPM Form 013
CATASTROPHIC LEAVE LIABILITY AGREEMENT FORM - OPM Form 014
CATASTROPHIC LEAVE DONOR FORM - OPM Form 015
CATASTROPHIC LEAVE RETURN OF ACCRUAL LEAVE TRANSMITTAL FORM OPM Form 016
Current with amendments received through February 15, 2024. Some sections may be more current, see credit for details.
Ark. Admin. Code 006.24.1-108.0.0, AR ADC 006.24.1-108.0.0
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