HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4859

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, July 20, 2020.

The committee on Public Service to whom was referred the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4857) of Jon Santiago for legislation to establish a sick leave bank for Greta Long, an employee of the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission, reports recommending that the accompanying bill (House, No. 4859) ought to pass.

For the committee,

JERALD A. PARISELLA.

        FILED ON: 7/17/2020

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4859

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Greta Long, an employee of the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to establish a sick leave bank for an employee of the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Notwithstanding any general or special law or rule or regulation to the contrary, the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission shall establish a sick leave bank for Greta Long, an employee of the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission.  Any employee of the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission may voluntarily contribute 1 or more sick days to the sick leave bank for use by Greta Long. Sick leave bank days shall not be used for absences unrelated to the illness or disability that necessitated the establishment of the sick leave bank as determined by the rehabilitation commission. Whenever Greta Long terminates employment with the rehabilitation commission or requests to dissolve the sick leave bank, any remaining time in the sick leave bank shall be transferred to the extended illness leave bank.