Board of Commissioners of Cook County - File #: 15-5801

• File #: 15-5801
• Version: 1
• Name: Organ Donor Leave Policy
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Approved
• File created: 10/1/2015
• In control: Board of Commissioners
• On agenda: 10/7/2015
• Final action: 10/7/2015
• Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION ORGAN DONOR LEAVE POLICY WHEREAS, the need for potentially life-saving organ and bone marrow transplants far exceeds the supply; and WHEREAS, the State of Illinois has recognized the importance of organ donation by providing the opportunity for paid leave to State employees who donate an organ or bone marrow; and WHEREAS, like Illinois, many other jurisdictions have attempted to offset the incidental costs associated withtim donation and protect employees from retaliation for taking leave to donate an organ by passing legislation providing job-protected, paid leave to employees who donate organs or bone marrow; and WHEREAS, Cook County currently does not provide job-protected, paid leave for the purpose of organ or bone marrow donation, necessitating employees to use their accrued sick and vacation leave or take unpaid personal leave, if eligible; and WHEREAS, in order to offset the incidental costs associated with donation and protect employe...
• Sponsors: ROBERT STEELE, TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), LUIS ARROYO JR, RICHARD R. BOYKIN, JERRY BUTLER, JOHN P. DALEY, JOHN A. FRITCHEY, BRIDGET GAINER, JESÚS G. GARCÍA, GREGG GOSLIN, STANLEY MOORE, SEAN M. MORRISON, JOAN PATRICIA MURPHY, TIMOTHY O. SCHNEIDER, PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS, LARRY SUFFREDIN

Date	Ver.	Action By	Motion	Result
10/7/2015	1	Board of Commissioners	approve	Pass

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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

ORGAN DONOR LEAVE POLICY

WHEREAS, the need for potentially life-saving organ and bone marrow transplants far exceeds the supply; and

WHEREAS, the State of Illinois has recognized the importance of organ donation by providing the opportunity for paid leave to State employees who donate an organ or bone marrow; and

WHEREAS, like Illinois, many other jurisdictions have attempted to offset the incidental costs associated withtim donation and protect employees from retaliation for taking leave to donate an organ by passing legislation providing job-protected, paid leave to employees who donate organs or bone marrow; and

WHEREAS, Cook County currently does not provide job-protected, paid leave for the purpose of organ or bone marrow donation, necessitating employees to use their accrued sick and vacation leave or take unpaid personal leave, if eligible; and

WHEREAS, in order to offset the incidental costs associated with donation and protect employees from retaliation for taking a leave of absence to donate an organ, all Cook County agencies and offices should afford paid leave to employees who donate organs or bone marrow; and

WHEREAS, the President's Office and the Bureau of Human Resources have researched various organ donor leave policies and as a result, the Bureau of Human Resources has developed an Organ Donor Leave Policy that will provide job-protected, paid leave for the purpose of organ or bone marrow donation; and

WHEREAS, the proposed policy would be available to all eligible Cook County employees (employed with the County for at least twelve (12) months) who donate organs or donate bone marrow via surgical aspiration or non-surgical apheresis; and

WHEREAS, the risk of complications and death, as well as the burden to the donor in terms of recovery time, pain, and suffering is lowest for apheresis donation and greatest for organ donation; and

WHEREAS, an eligible employee who donates bone marro...