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Arkansas

sinkingfeeling

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2. Having worked at the University of Arkansas, I donated a number of

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Jan 13, 2017, 09:28 AM

Jan 2017

my medical leave hours to the fund. It's for people who have a catastrophic illness such as cancer and don't have enough of their own paid leave to cover time off.
I had Stage IV cancer while working there and needed 33 afternoons off for radiation treatments plus time off for doctors and surgery and recovery. Thankfully, I had enough paid leave in the bank to cover my time off without asking the catastrophic leave fund to help.
I hate Republicans.

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GOP comes up with plan to have state workers pay for state maternity leave [View all] TexasTowelie Jan 2017 OP

This plan sucks. riversedge Jan 2017 #1

Having worked at the University of Arkansas, I donated a number of sinkingfeeling Jan 2017 #2

I also donated hours to the catastrophic leave pool when I was a state employee. TexasTowelie Jan 2017 #3