Crescent Resources for People Facing Urgent Situations New Donated PTO Policy and PTO Request Form

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Crescent Resources for People Facing Urgent Situations

New Donated PTO Policy and PTO Request Form

Crescent recognizes that the recent COVID-19 crisis has impacted all of us- but we have recognized that this pandemic has disrupted many of our People's ability to meet health, natural disaster and family needs due to income and a lack of Paid Time Off.

The purpose of the PTO donation policy is to assist those Crescent people during a time of crisis. Crescent cares about the wellbeing of its people and understands that during a time of crisis, people are affected in many ways. Our People may have a medical emergency, family crisis, a financial crisis affected by a crisis, resulting in a need for additional time off over their available personal time. To address this need, all eligible Crescent People will be allowed to donate accrued paid personal leave hours from their unused balance to their co-workers in need of additional paid time off, per the policy. This policy is voluntary and applicable during a crisis such as COVID-19.

Eligibility:

Crescent People must be employed with Crescent for a minimum of 90 days to be eligible to donate personal time.

There is no minimum employment time in order to receive donated personal time.

A PTO request and donation form must be completed and returned to your SPG for consideration.

The People Group team will review all PTO requests and will make the determination as to where PTO hours are donated on a case by case basis.

Crescent cannot share details to donors as to who will receive the PTO hours and a donor cannot suggest who receive the donated PTO hours.

Guidelines:

Crescent People who would like to make a request to receive donated personal time from their co-workers must have a situation that meets the following criteria:

Medical emergency*
Personal crisis *
Major disaster*

*Review the Donated PTO policy for the complete terms and conditions regarding Donated PTO criteria.

Process:

Any Crescent Person who would like to request donated personal time are required to initiate a donation through an HR action or complete a Donation of Personal Time Request Form and submit it to their SPG.

Requests for donations of personal time must be approved by the SPG, the person’s immediate supervisor and the People Group Manager of Crescent only.

Nothing in this policy will be construed to limit or extend the maximum allowable absence under the Family and Medical Leave Act.

Review the complete policy overview, guideline and eligibility, if you have any questions please contact your SPG, or the People Group.

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