| (1) |
An employee of a state agency who is a certified disaster service volunteer may be granted leave from work with pay for an aggregate of up to 15 work days, consecutively or nonconsecutively, in any 12-month period to participate in disaster relief services for a disaster relief organization in connection with any disaster, upon the disaster relief organization’s request for the employee’s services. |
Terms Used In Utah Code 34-43-103
- Certified disaster service volunteer: means any person who has completed the necessary training for and has been certified as a disaster service specialist by the American Red Cross. See Utah Code 34-43-102
- Disaster: means any disaster designated at Level III or higher in the American National Red Cross Regulations and Procedures. See Utah Code 34-43-102
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- State agency: means any state office, officer, official, department, board, commission, institution, bureau, agency, division, or unit of the state, including those within the legislative and judicial branches of the state government. See Utah Code 34-43-102
| (2) |
An employee of a state agency requesting leave under this chapter shall file a written request with the employing state agency which includes:
| (a) |
the anticipated duration of the leave of absence; |
| (b) |
the type of service the employee is to provide on behalf of the disaster relief organization described in Subsection (1); |
| (c) |
the nature and location of the disaster where the employee’s services will be provided; and |
| (d) |
a copy of the written request for the employee’s services from an official of the disaster relief organization. |
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| (3) |
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to require any state agency to grant a public employee’s request for voluntary disaster service leave if the employing state agency determines that the grant of leave would pose a hardship on the employing state agency. |
Amended by Chapter 34, 2018 General Session
