§ 36.179 BLOOD DONATION LEAVE.
   (A)   The city recognizes the need for blood donation within our community and encourages employees to donate. Employees who wish to donate whole blood may receive four hours leave time with pay for the purpose of donating and recovering from the donation, up to two times per calendar year for a total of eight hours paid leave.
   (B)   An employee wishing to use the paid leave time provided by this policy will submit a Volunteer Time Off/Blood Donation Request Form to his or her supervisor. The leave request must be approved by the employee’s supervisor prior to the employee’s use of time under this policy.
   (C)   The donation must occur during an employee’s scheduled work hours in order to qualify for leave which does not include the lunch period. All employees are permitted to donate blood at any licensed blood center certified by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). All employees are required to submit verification to their supervisor of blood donation or their deferral from the blood center.
   (D)   An employee will be credited with leave time under this policy on January 1 of each year. A newly hired employee will not receive credit until the first day of January occurring after he or she begins employment with the city. All blood donation leave time will expire at the end of the calendar year if not used. An employee will not receive compensation for any unused blood donation leave time provided in this policy upon separation from employment.