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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993-012 Leaves of Absence i. ..w ORDINANCE NO. 93- 2 • AN ORDINANCE. relating to personnel and leaves of absence, expanding eligibility in sick leave pools and providing for transfer of yours between the pools: and amending Sections 2.40.110. and 2.40.120 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code. WHEREAS. the City provides its employees additional hours of sick leave from two sources of hours donated from fellow employees. one pool for management employees and one pool for union - member employees not having state - provided disability benefits: and WHEREAS. further flexibility is desirable to better assure that employees experiencing a need for additional sick leave have access to the same: and WHEREAS. such flexibility can occur by allowing a .union member to apply to the management sick leave pool. and vice - versa. and for transfers of hours between the sick leave pools: now. therefore. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA: Section 1 Section 2 40 100 is hereby amended to read as follows: "2 40 110 Shared Leave - Management Employees. A. The City Manager or his designee, in his or her discretion, may grant to a management employee as defined in Subsection 2 04 030D of this code or to a union- member employee who is not eligible for disability benefits under state law, shared leave from another employee provided the following are met: 1 The employee suffers, or has an immediate family member suffering from, an illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental condition such that the employee's use of sick leave is permissible pursuant to Section 2.40.030B. 2. The employee has completed a six (6) month probationary period. 3. The employee has depleted or will shortly deplete his or her total available paid leave. Paid leave is defined as vacation leave, sick leave, accrued compensatory time or personal holidays. Shared leave shall mean paid leave to an employee pursuant to this section. 4. Prior to the use of shared leave, the employee has abided by the provisions of Section 2.40.030B. • 5. Where applicable, the employee has diligently pursued and is found to be ineligible for Washington State industrial insurance benefits. 1 (ls)ord /leave.sc • r 6. The employee has begun the third full day of unpaid leave for the current injury or illness. 7 Shared leave is available pursuant to Subsection B to be donated to the employee. B . An employee may donate his or her accrued paid leave hours by submitting a time card specifying the type and amount of hours to be donated to the management extended sick leave pool, provided that the donated hours do not cause the donor employee's total available leave balances to decrease by more than ten percent (10 %) Such time cards must be received by the division /department timekeeper no later than the fifth day of the first month of any quarter of the year In case of emergency and upon request of the Management Group Pool Review Panel, the pool will be reopened by the City for donations prior to quarterly deadlines or at the City Manager's discretion. C While an employee is using shared leave, he or she will continue to be classified as a City employee and shall receive the same treatment, in respect to salary and benefits, as the employee would otherwise receive if using sick leave. D. Paid leave shall be transferred on a dollar -value basis. The value of shared leave shall be the dollar value of the paid leave at the time it is recorded as available for use as shared leave. Once shared leave has been transferred to an employee, it shall be transformed into sick leave and so credited to the employee's sick leave accrual. The dollar value of the pool will be increased by the City by the same percentage or dollar- per -hour figure as any wage increase effective for management members. E The Personnel Officer shall be responsible for monitoring shared leave and shall also be responsible for initiating the proper paperwork to the Payroll Office to adjust the accrued leave balances to the recipient from the pool Records of all transactions from the pool to the recipient will be maintained by the Payroll Office with a copy of each transaction also maintained in the Human Resources Office. A recipient shall also have a record of hours received from the pool placed in his or her personnel file. F Management or union - member employees shall submit applications to the Personnel Officer for hours from the management extended sick leave pool in the following manner 1. Indicate the desired hours, in one -hour increments on a form received from the Management Group Pool Review Panel. 2. Submit a physician's statement indicating the • nature of the illness, injury, impairment, or 2 (is)ord /leave.sc • medical /mental condition, the prognosis for recovery, and the expected duration of the absence. All such information is confidential. 3. All requests processed by the Payroll Office by the fifteenth of a month shall be effective for that month. G. The City Manager shall appoint a Management Group Pool Review Panel, composed of no few than four individuals, holding positions described in Subsection 2 04 030D of this code. The Management Group Pool Review Panel shall recommend whether or not to approve a request for leave from the management extended sick leave pool, according to the following factors: 1 The nature of the extended illness, injury, impairment, or medical /mental condition of the requesting employee. 2. Any history of excessive or abusive use of sick leave by the requesting employee. H. The Management Group Pool Review Panel shall make reasonable efforts to determine that an employee granted shared leave uses such leave in accordance with Section 2 40.030 Use of shared leave contrary to Section 2 40 030 shall result in cancellation of the shared leave, the balance of which will be transferred to the management extended sick leave pool The Personnel Officer shall so notify the involved employee and the Director of Finance and Budget. I. Nothing herein shall be construed as creating a right to shared leave or to a certain quantity of shared leave. J Hours awarded from the pool shall be on a first- come - first- served basis, provided that if the leave pool balance is too low to provide hours to all applicants at a particular time. preference shall be given to management employees. K. The City Manager may approve transfer of hours from the . management sick leave pool to the AFSCME sick leave pool. provided that the donor pool is not depleted below 96 hours." Section 2 Section 2 40.120 is hereby amended to read as follows: "2.40.120 Shared leave - AFSCME Employees. A. The City Manager or his designee, in his or her discretion, may grant to a permanent full -time or part -time employee who is a member of Local 1122, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), or, with the agreement of AFSCME Local 1122 Executive Board, to a City employee who is a member of • another union and who is not eligible for disability benefits under state law or to a management employee, shared leave from any other employee provided the following are met: 3 (ls)ord /leave.sc 1 The employee suffers from an illness, injury, • impairment, or physical or mental condition such that the employee's use of sick leave is permissible pursuant to Section 2 40 030B. 2. The employee has completed a six (6) month probationary period. 3. The employee has depleted or will shortly deplete his or her total available paid leave. Paid leave is defined as vacation leave, sick leave, accrued compensatory time or personal holidays. Shared leave shall mean paid leave transferred to an employee pursuant to this section. 4. Prior to use of shared leave, the employee has abided by the provisions of Section 2 40.030B. 5. Where applicable, the employee has diligently pursued and is found to be ineligible for Washington State industrial insurance benefits. 6. The employee has begun the third full day of unpaid leave for the current injury or illness. 7 Shared leave is available pursuant to Subsection B to be donated to the employee. B An employee may donate his or her accrued paid leave hours by submitting a time card specifying the type and amount of hours to be donated to the AFSCME extended sick leave pool, provided that the donated hours do not cause the donor employee's sick leave balance to be less than 347 hours, unless otherwise approved by the Local 1122 Executive Board. The minimum number of hours to be donated at any one time is eight (8) hours Such time cards must be received by the division /department timekeeper no later than the fifth day of the first month in any quarter of the year In case of emergency and upon request of the Local 1122 Executive Board, the pool will be reopened by the City for donations prior to quarterly deadlines. Paid leave shall be transferred on a dollar -value basis. The value of shared leave shall be the dollar value of the paid leave for the time it is recorded as available for use as shared leave. Once shared leave has been transferred to an employee, it shall be transformed into sick leave and so credited to the employee's sick leave accrual. The dollar value of the pool will be increased by the City by the same percentage or dollar - per -hour figure as any wage increase effective for Local 1122 members. C. Union - member or management employees shall apply to Local 1122 Executive Board for hours from the AFSCME extended sick leave pool in the following manner 4 (1s)ord /leave.sc • 1 Indicate the desired hours, in one -hour increments on a form received from the Local 1122 office. 2. Submit a physician's statement indicating the nature of the illness, injury, impairment, or medical /mental condition, the prognosis for recovery, and the expected duration of the absence. All such information is confidential. 3. All requests processed by the Payroll Office by the fifteenth of the month shall be effective for that month. D Local 1122 Executive Board shall recommend whether or not to approve a request for leave from the AFSCME extended sick leave pool, according to the following factors: 1 The nature of the extended illness, injury, impairment, or medical /mental condition of the requesting employee. 2. Any history of excessive or abusive use of sick leave by the requesting employee. • Local 1122 Executive Board shall make reasonable efforts to determine that an employee granted shared leave uses such leave in accordance with Section 2.40.030. Use of shared leave contrary to Section 2 40 030 shall result in cancellation of the shared leave, the balance of which will be transferred to the AFSCME extended sick leave pool Local 1122 Executive Board shall so notify the involved employee and the Director of Finance and Budget. F Hours awarded from the pool shall be on a first- come- first- served basis, provided that if the leave pool balance is too low to provide hours to all applicants at a particular time. preference Shall be given to union members. G Local 1122 Executive Board will send correspondence for award of sick leave hours to the City of Yakima Human Resources Department, with a copy to the Payroll Officer Local 1122 Executive Board and the City will notify each requesting employee of the final decision on award of hours. The Personnel Officer shall be responsible for monitoring shared leave and shall also be responsible for initiating the proper paperwork to the Payroll Office to adjust the accrued leave balances to the recipient from the pool. Records of all transactions from the pool to the recipient will be maintained by the Payroll Office with a copy of each transaction also maintained • in the Human Resources Office Recipients shall also have a record of his /her hours received from the pool placed in their personnel file. 5 (1s)ord /leave.sc H. The City Manager. with the agreement of the AFSCME Local 111 1122 Executive Board. may approve transfer of hours from the AFSCME sick leave to the management leave pool. provided that the donor pool is not depleted below 96 hours." Section 3 This ordinance shall be in full force and effect 30 days after its passage, approval, and publication as provided by law and by the City Charter PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this I D day of 1NAN C. , 1993 ga,t ATTEST Mayor City Clerk Publication Date: S Effective Date: A • • 6 (1s)ord /leave.sc • r Date' February 1, 1993 To John Hanson From: Clara Sanders, AFSCME President, Local 1122 (%i Re.: Sick Leave Pool Amendment The proposed amendment was discussed by the Executive Board of Local 1122 at their meeting on January 14th It was forwarded to the general membership with a recommendation to accept The proposed amendment and Executive Board recommendation was presented to the general membership of Local 1122 at their meeting on January 28 and discussed The amendment was voted on at that meeting and it passed Attached is a copy of the proposed ordinance that we voted on Please contact Sharon Carberry to present this legislation to Council If you need further assistance, please contact Bob Desgrosellier or myself 1 V 1\Dv c 8f CITY OF YAKIMA (v�.Y WASHINGTON HOME PRESERVATION PROJECT ORDINANCE NO. 93-1 1 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA, WASHINGTON, PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF LIMITED TAX GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING A PROGRAM FOR REHABILITATION OF SINGLE - FAMILY OWNER- OCCUPIED • RESIDENCES; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF BONDS OF THE CITY IN THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED $200,000; PROVIDING FOR THE DISPOSITION OF THE PROCEEDS OF SUCH BONDS; FIXING THE FORM, INTEREST RATE, TERMS, MATURITY AND COVENANTS OF SUCH BONDS; AND CREATING A FUND FROM WHICH THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON SUCH BONDS SHALL BE PAID. PASSED March 23, 1993 Prepared by: PRESTON THORGRIMSON SHIDLER GATES & ELLIS 5400 Columbia Seafirst Center 701 Fifth Avenue Seattle, Washington 98104 -7011 111 TABLE OF CONTENTS • Page Recitals 1 SECTION 1. Definitions 1 SECTION 2. Issuance of Bonds 3 SECTION 3. Tax Covenants 4 SECTION 4. Bond Redemption Fund 5 SECTION 5. Payment Prior to Maturity 5 SECTION 6. Application of the Proceeds of Sale of the Bond 6 SECTION 7. Repayment of Loans 6 SECTION 8. Form of the Bonds 6 SECTION 8. Execution of the Bonds 9 SECTION 9. Delivery of the Bonds 9 • SECTION 10. Authorization to Officials and Agents; Ratification of Prior Actions 9 SECTION 11. Bonds Not Designated "Qualified Tax - Exempt Obligations." 9 SECTION 12. Lost or Destroyed Bonds 10 SECTION 13. The Program 10 SECTION 14. Arbitrage Rebate 11 SECTION 15. Severability 12 SECTION 16. Effective Date 12 * This Table of Contents and the preceding cover page are not part of the ordinance. They are provided for convenience of the reader only. • 1 - LMC704 93/03/17