MUMBAI: Generous workaholics take note - you can now donate your leave, assuming you work for one of the companies that has recently put in place such a policy. Under the system, those who have used up their quota of leave can borrow from a common pool, just like one might take a loan, say for a personal emergency.This 'leave bank' is made up of days donated voluntarily by other employees. Like other loans, this too needs to be repaid and the employee has to do so within a stipulated period.In case the borrower quits before replenishing the leaves, the organisation will deduct an applicable amount from the salary at the time of the final settlement.Such a trend seems to be picking up, according to a survey conducted by Vantage Consulting. Consulting major KPMG, which offers this facility to its employees, transfers all leave lapsing at the end of the year to the leave bank. Individuals who need extended paid leave because of chronic or severe medical conditions are given extra days from this pool."This can range, on a case-to-case basis,0 from a few weeks to a few months of extra paid leave. It is a small way of supporting someone who is going through a tough time on medical grounds," said Shalini Pillay , partner and head of people performance and culture KPMG in India. "We have certain cases where people have used this benefit."Another novel concept that many organisations have introduced as a part of their employee benefit programme is adoption leave. Employees seeking to adopt can use these leaves to take care of the child during the period.The survey conducted by Vantage Consulting across 129 companies showed that nearly 41% offer adoption leave.On average, this is 30 days for women and five for men. Infosys Wipro and TCS are among companies leading in implementing adoption leave. The central government has a more generous adoption leave policy, which entitles women to 180 days of leave.Some of the other innovations are a quarterly leave policy, which is offered mainly by IT companies, and volunteering, relocation, paternity, miscarriage and fertility leaves, extended by banks such as ICICI Bank . According to the survey, more than 72% of the companies polled offer paternity leave.