(1) Only regular employees who have completed six continuous months of regular employment with Snohomish County, based on date-of-hire, are eligible to participate in the shared vacation leave program.

(2) Temporary or seasonal employees, contract workers, and volunteers are not eligible to participate in the shared vacation leave program.

(3) An employee must exhaust all available vacation hours, sick leave hours, compensatory time hours, or any other type of paid leave before requesting shared vacation leave.

(4) Employees collecting workers compensation benefits under chapter 51.32 RCW, or who are collecting long term disability benefits through the county’s long term disability insurance provider are not eligible for the shared vacation leave program.

(5) The employee requesting shared vacation leave must provide medical documentation supporting the extraordinary or severe medical condition, illness, injury or impairment necessitating the request for shared leave. (Added by Amended Ord. 17-105, Dec. 20, 2017, Eff date Jan. 15, 2018).