Office of Human Resources Management
University Benefits Office
395 Hudson Street, 5
th
Floor
New York, New York 10014
Tel: 646-664-3357
Fax: 646-664-3418
Application to Donate Leave to the Catastrophic Sick Leave Bank Program
The
Catastrophic Sick Leave Bank is a pool of sick leave and annual leave voluntarily donated by
individuals who are employed full-time on an annual salary basis for potential use as leave by eligible
full-time employees who are also donors to the bank.
I. Criteria for Membership
1. You must be in a full-time title employed on an annual salary basis.
2. You must donate at least one day of annual leave or sick leave each program year
(September 1 to August 31).
3. If you have fewer than five (5) years of full-time continuous CUNY service, you may donate
only annual leave. If you have five (5) or more years of full-time continuous CUNY service,
you may donate annual leave (without limitation) and/or sick leave up to ten (10) sick leave
days per program year. In order to donate sick leave, you must maintain a sick leave
balance of at least twenty-four (24) days. Please note that as set forth in Section IV.12
(Program Requirements) of the CSLB Program, CUNY reserves the right to limit the number
of CSLB days employees are allowed to donate to the bank per program year and/or the
number of donated CSLB days that may be kept on reserve in the bank.
II. Program Requirements
1. An open enrollment period for leave donations will be held for one month each program
year, i.e., September 1 through August 31. The enrollment period will generally be October
of each program year.
2. After the initial enrollment, deductions of the same type and amount of leave will be
automatically continued on an annual basis, unless you request a change. Any request to
withdraw from the CSLB Program or to make changes in the amount and/or type of leave to
be donated must be submitted in writing to the University Office of Shared Services during
the annual open enrollment period; changes may not be made at any other time.
3. If you had previously elected to donate sick leave to the bank but your sick leave balance
has fallen below twenty-four (24) days as of any given open enrollment period, the type of
leave deducted will be converted to annual leave, if you are eligible to accrue annual leave.
4. All leave donated to the bank is irrevocable.
5. Each day of annual leave donated to the CSLB will be debited from your leave balance as
one (1) full day and will be credited to the bank as one (1) full day. Each day of sick leave
donated will also be debited from your sick leave balance as one full day but will be credited
to the bank as one-half (1/2) day.