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Borough employees urge council to allow donation of sick time to an ailing colleague
Summary
During public comment, borough employees asked council to reverse an HR draft that would bar direct donations of sick time to individual coworkers; council agreed to refer the policy back to the administration committee for further review.
April, a borough employee of about 20 years, told council that coworkers want to donate earned sick time directly to a colleague, Don, who is undergoing cancer treatment, and said a draft HR policy would prevent that practice by limiting donations to vacation or personal time and routing contributions into a general leave bank.
"We wanted to donate some of our earned sick time so Don could focus on his treatments," April said, arguing the proposed change would replace "a deeply human gesture with a faceless process" and damage morale. Resident Tom Mefford described earlier instances when employees were allowed to donate time and urged flexibility.
Council members said the HR consultant revised family and medical leave language and that the policy has not been finalized. Multiple council members and staff said the policy will be discussed at the administration committee meeting in two weeks and then returned to council for consideration. No formal vote on the policy was taken at this meeting.
What’s next: the item will be placed on the administration committee agenda for further review; council indicated it expects to discuss the draft and then take it up at a future council meeting.
