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Administrator. The ruling of the Administrator is final.

Section 100.023 Sick Leave Pool Committee

a. Each Department shall nominate one employee to serve on the Sick Leave Pool Committee.

b. Five (5) members (plus one alternate) will be selected by the Human Resources Department
(names drawn at random) from the above nominated employees to serve on the Sick Leave
Committee. The five-member Sick Leave Pool Committee will serve for a period of one year.
The Sick Leave Pool Committee shall meet as needed to review requests to use pooled sick leave.

c. All Sick Leave Pool Committee members will be required to sign a confidentiality agreement
related to the administration of the Sick Leave Pool.

Section 100.024 Termination of Sick Leave Pool Membership

a. Members who choose to withdraw from participation may not withdraw their contributed leave
(or any prorated portion thereof).

b. A member who has utilized pooled sick leave and returns to work, may reapply to the Pool when
he or she again meets all eligibility requirements, e.g. one year after exhausting the 480 Pool Cap.

c. A member who resigns from Augusta, Georgia’s employment and is subsequently re-employed
may reapply for membership in the Pool when he or she meets all eligibility requirements.

Membership shall be on a continuing basis unless the appropriate form signed and dated by the
employee/member requesting withdrawal is received by the Human Resources Department. Such request
shall be effective the first day of the month following receipt as indicated by receiving date stamped on the
face of the form by the Human Resources Department.

Section 100.025 Abuse of Sick Leave Policy

Allegations of abuse of sick leave drawn from the Sick Leave Pool by a member shall be confidentially
reported to the HR Director.

Should an investigation disclose abuse, the member may be expelled from membership in the Sick Leave
Pool and will be required to repay the amount of leave used. Other disciplinary action as determined by the
Department Director may also be taken.

Section 100.026 Military Leave

Augusta, Georgia provides military leave to employees in accordance with the Uniformed Services
Employment and Re-employment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) and Georgia law. In accordance with
Georgia law, Augusta, Georgia provides a maximum of eighteen (18) days or one hundred forty-four (144)
hours of paid leave per federal fiscal year for military duty as defined in O.C.G.A. §38-2-279.

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