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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the non feds on this thread don't understand it. [b]When leave is donated for a normal birth, it will take away from leave that a cancer patient can ask for. [/b]Most people's leave is finite. My DH always has use or lose. He does donate to very needy coworkers, but of course that takes away from our family and he doesn't take as many days off around the holidays. I never have use or lose (because I used it for maternity leaves) but would donate to a coworker in need.

Also, sucks you missed the paid leave that starts in October for feds.[/quote]

No it doesn't.  You don't donate leave to the leave bank; you donate leave to a specific individual who has been placed on the list.  The OP using donated leave is not taking away from some cancer patient.  Many people don't donate to random individuals on the list; they donate to specific individuals they know or whose plight they know about.  That's one of my gripes about the program.  Although I know there are confidentiality concerns in play, I wish there were a way to publish the [i]reason[/i] why someone was on the list.  We have scofflaws who are on the list because they were stupid with their leave throughout their career, and when a real medical crisis hits, they all of a sudden need to rely on donated leave.  On the other hand, we have people who are in some really dire situations.  The only way you will know will be if you hear it through the grapevine or they are someone you work with directly.[/quote]

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