(d) Submit requests for the protection of FMLA/FLA during the FLI period, including timely notice and the provision of all supporting documentation as required. (e) For periods of intermittent FLI, schedule the time in a way that is least disruptive to the Judiciary’s operations. Personal /Discretionary Leave An employee who has exhausted his or her allotted time under FMLA or does not qualify for FMLA may apply for a personal illness leave. Granting personal illness leave is discretionary and is a management prerogative based on the operational needs of the unit where the employee works. Personal leaves for reasons other than illness are discretionary with management as well. Donated Leave Program The Judiciary participates in the State of New Jersey Donated Leave Program, which permits an eligible Judiciary employee to donate vacation and/or sick leave to a co-worker or other New Jersey state employee who is suffering from a catastrophic health condition or injury or combination of conditions, or is needed to care for a member of the employee’s immediate family who is suffering from a catastrophic health condition or injury or a combination of conditions, and has exhausted all paid leave to which he/she is entitled. A catastrophic health condition or injury is a life-threatening condition or combination of conditions, or a period of disability affecting the employee’s physical or mental health, or the health of the employee’s fetus, which requires the care of a physician or other licensed healthcare practitioner who provides medical verification of the need for the employee’s absence from work for 60 or more work days. In order to receive donated leave under this program, an employee must have completed one year of continuous New Jersey State service, must provide acceptable medical documentation of the nature, severity and anticipated duration of the medical condition, and must have exhausted all accrued paid leave including sick and vacation leave, administrative leave, compensatory time off and Sick Leave Injury (SLI) benefits, if applicable. In order to voluntarily donate leave under this program, an employee must have completed one year of continuous New Jersey State service and have at least 20 accrued sick days or at least 12 accrued vacation days remaining after the donation; a donor may not donate more than 30 days to any one recipient. The donor must certify that he/she has neither solicited nor accepted anything of value in return for the donation of leave, and may not revoke the leave donation once it has been made. Any employee who would like to participate in the Donated Leave Program should contact the local Human Resources Office as well as look on the Infonet for additional information and conditions of the program, eligibility determination and application forms. A list of employees eligible to receive donated leave is also posted on the Infonet. Note: If an employee has a need for any type of medical leave, please refer them to your local Human Resources Division immediately. 13