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Consider recommendations regarding paid leave time for organ and bone marrow donors, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Find that granting paid leave to employees who serve as organ or bone marrow donors is in the best interest of the County, and does not amount to a gift of public funds, because it mirrors the requirement in State law for State employees and private businesses with 15 or more employees;
b) Approve up to 240 hours of paid leave for an employee donating a kidney as part of a paired organ donation program after using 80 hours of accrued sick leave or vacation;
c) Direct staff to meet and confer with labor groups to develop a policy that will provide paid leave to County employees who are bone marrow and organ donors in alignment with California Labor Code Sections 1508 -1513 and return to the Board with a recommended policy; and
d) Determine pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4) that the above action is a government fiscal activity which does not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment, and therefore is not a project subject to environmental review.