Alabama § 11-80-16.1 - Living Donor Leave for Certain County or Municipal Employees.

§ 11-80-16.1. Living Donor Leave for Certain County or Municipal Employees.

(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) EMPLOYEE. An individual who is permanently employed by a county or municipality.

(2) EMPLOYER. Any county or municipality of the state.

(b) An employee who has at least one year of service with the employer may be granted living donor leave with pay for donating an organ or bone marrow, upon fulfillment of both of the following conditions:

(1) Submission to the employee’s immediate supervisor of a written request for leave, accompanied by written verification from the physician who will be performing the medical procedure.

(2) A recommendation for the leave, based on the submission in subdivision (1), by the supervisor.

(3) Approval of the appointing authority or the executive head of the employing department, agency, or division of the employer.

(c) The leave granted may be for no more than 30 days in the case of an organ donation and seven days in the case of a bone marrow donation.

(d) Living donor leave shall be a separate classification of leave which shall not apply to or exhaust an employee’s accrued or available leave under any other leave classification pursuant to rule or policy of the employer.

(e) An employer may not threaten, restrain, coerce, discipline, discharge, terminate, or otherwise retaliate or discriminate against an employee for requesting or using a leave of absence as provided by this section.