Section 111.45 - Employee Leave Pools(a) Sick Leave Pool. A sick leave pool is established according to requirements and conditions of Tex. Gov. Code, Chapter 661 to provide for the alleviation of hardship caused to an employee and the employee's family if a catastrophic illness or injury forces the employee to exhaust all leave time earned by that employee and to lose compensation from the state. (1) The human resources manager is designated as the pool administrator.(2) The pool administrator, with the advice and consent of the executive director, will establish operating procedures consistent with the requirements of this section and relevant law governing operation of the pool. The pool administrator will ensure procedures are contained and made available to all agency employees in the agency's HR policy manual.(3) An employee may contribute to the pool only by written request in which the employee certifies that the contribution is strictly voluntary.(4) This policy is subject to change unless prohibited by statute.(b) Family Leave Pool. A family leave pool is established according to requirements and conditions of Tex. Gov. Code, Chapter 661, Subchapter A-1. The family leave pool is separate from the sick leave pool. An employee may withdraw leave time from the pool if certain conditions are met and if the employee has exhausted all leave time and will otherwise go into unpaid status.(1) The human resources manager is designated as the pool administrator.(2) The pool administrator, with the advice and consent of the executive director, will establish operating procedures consistent with the requirements of this section and relevant law governing operation of the pool. The pool administrator will ensure procedures are contained and made available to all agency employees in the agency's HR policy manual.(3) An employee may contribute to the pool only by written request in which the employee certifies that the contribution is strictly voluntary.(4) This policy is subject to change unless prohibited by statute.13 Tex. Admin. Code § 111.45
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 03, January 15, 2016, TexReg 614, eff. 1/24/2016; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 47, Number 15, April 15, 2022, TexReg 1993, eff. 4/20/2022