Under this relief, donated leave will not be included in the income or wages on a form W-2.

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It was a relief just to leave the madness behind and drive across the moors four mornings a week to the center, several miles away.

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But relevant relief efforts can leave a lasting impression.

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What this means is that, as part of this relief, employees may donate their vacation, sick or personal leave in exchange for employer cash payments made to qualified tax-exempt organizations providing relief for the victims of Hurricane Sandy .

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The special relief is intended to support leave-based donation programs to aid victims who have suffered from the extraordinary destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy.

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Michele Landis Dauber, a law professor at Stanford University who studies disaster-relief programs, said such a large undertaking could leave the group open to criticism depending on how it performs.

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He was so good, the relief pitchers treated the night before his starts the way a sailor treats shore leave.

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