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File #: 192813    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Approved
File created: 4/10/2012 In control: City Council
On agenda: 5/4/2012 Final action: 4/26/2012
Enactment date: 4/26/2012 Enactment #: 192813
Title: Requesting acceptance of the provisions of MGL c149 s33E, to allow city employees to take a leave of absence to serve as an organ donor.
Code sections: Acceptance of MGL -
Attachments: 1. Acceptance of MGL 149 33E

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Requesting acceptance of the provisions of MGL c149 s33E, to allow city employees to take a leave of absence to serve as an organ donor.

 

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To The Honorable Board:

 

Enclosed please find a proposed Order accepting the provisions of Chapter 149, Section 33E of the Massachusetts General Laws, along with a copy of the provisions of the statute. 

 

If accepted, an employee of the City “may take a leave of absence of not more than 30 days in a calendar year to serve as an organ donor, without loss of or reduction in pay, without loss of leave to which he is otherwise entitled and without loss of credit for time or service.”

 

To that end, I respectfully request your Honorable Board adopt the attached Order.  Thank you for your attention and cooperation in this matter.

 

Sincerely,

 

Joseph A. Curtatone

Mayor