La. Public Officers and Employees § 42:441

Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 42:441 - Definitions

For the purposes of this Part, the following words and terms, when used in this Part, shall have the following meanings:

(1) "Employing agency" means the agency of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government in which the leave recipient is employed.

(2) "Leave donor" means a full-time employee of an employing agency whose voluntary written request for transfer of annual, sick, or compensatory leave to the pool leave account of his employing agency is granted.

(3) "Leave recipient" means a full-time employee of an employing agency who has a need to receive annual, sick, or compensatory leave from the pool leave account of his employing agency and who meets one of the following qualifying circumstances:

(a) The employee experiences a catastrophic illness or serious injury that prevents the employee from performing his duties for a period of more than ten consecutive days that the employee is scheduled to work, and the employee does not have sufficient annual, sick, or compensatory leave credited to the employee personally to cover the entire period of illness or injury.

(b) The employee has a significant other, minor child, child who is still financially supported by the employee, or dependent parent for whom the employee is the primary caregiver who experiences a catastrophic illness or serious injury that prevents the employee from performing his duties for a period of more than ten consecutive days that the employee is scheduled to work, and the employee does not have sufficient annual, sick, or compensatory leave credited to the employee personally to cover the entire period of illness or injury.

(c) The employee experiences the birth or adoption of a child and does not have sufficient annual, sick, or compensatory time to cover a minimum of six weeks of parental leave immediately following the birth or adoption.

(4) Repealed by Acts 2022, No. 649, §2.

La. Public Officers and Employees § 42:441

Acts 1992, No. 1008, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1993; Acts 2012, No. 590, §1, eff. June 7, 2012; Acts 2022, No. 649, §§1, 2.

Amended by Acts 2022, No. 649,s. 1, 2, eff. 8/1/2022.

Acts 1992, No. 1008, §1, eff. 1/1/1993; Acts 2012, No. 590, §1, eff. 6/7/2012.