This campus program permits salary and benefits continuation for employees who have exhausted all paid leave (including paid leave for disability and workers’ compensation) due to their own serious illness or injury or due to the need to care for a seriously ill member of the employee’s family or household. Subject to the stated eligibility requirements, the employee’s salary and benefits continuation is achieved through donations of accrued vacation hours from the employee’s colleagues.
This includes general eligibility guidelines for the program plus the application procedure.
Leave Request Form (application
form for employees)- Donation Form (for
donors of vacation leave)
- Family Medical Leave
- Disability Benefits
Administrative Procedures for Departments
This is an explanation of the procedures followed during the various stages of the program.- Application procedure
- Approval
- Solicitation of donations
- Transfer of donations
- Can someone from outside of UCSB (including other UC campuses) donate vacation time to an eligible employee through the Catastrophic Leave Sharing Program?
No, donations can only be received from employees from UCSB.
- If I am on the Catastrophic Leave Sharing Program, can I come back from my leave to work on a part-time basis and continue using donated vacation hours?
No, employees cannot be on any pay status when they are on the Catastrophic Leave Sharing Program.
- Can donations be sick leave?
No, donations are required to be vacation leave.
- I was on disability but have come to the end of my benefit period. Can I now apply for Catastrophic Leave?
No, your enrollment in the Catastrophic Leave Sharing Program must end before you receive any disability payments.