Annual Donation Drive for Catastrophic Leave Bank Program

The Catastrophic Leave Bank Program assists eligible University of Arkansas employees through medical emergencies, injuries and illnesses incurred by them or eligible family members after the employees exhaust their earned sick leave, annual leave, holidays, and compensatory time.

There are two separate catastrophic leave banks: one for faculty and one for classified and non-classified staff. Only faculty may donate to the faculty bank, and only faculty may receive awarded catastrophic leave hours from the faculty bank. Only staff may donate to the staff bank, and only staff may receive awarded catastrophic leave hours from the staff bank.

During fiscal year 2011, 42 university employees received assistance from this program. Human Resources will conduct a donation drive for this program during the month of November.

Information and donation forms are available from your departmental leave representative and on the Human Resources web page at http://hr.uark.edu/CatLeaveDonorApp.pdf. Only 100 percent appointed employees are eligible to participate in the Catastrophic Leave Bank Program.

Donations are strictly voluntary and employees do not need to be donors to participate in the program. Donations must be made in one-hour increments and there is no limit to the amount of hours that may be donated. However, a donation cannot be accepted if it would reduce the combined sick and annual leave balances of the donor to less than 80 hours. Leave donations are only accepted during donation drives or at an employee’s end of employment.

If you would like to donate to the Catastrophic Leave Bank, please contact your departmental leave representative to obtain a donation form or download the form from our webpage.  Your completed donation form should be given to your department leave representative no later than Nov. 30.

If you have questions about the program, please contact Leah Williams at 575-7618 or by email at leahw@uark.edu.