HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-037 Shared Employee Leave Provisions ORDINANCE NO. 2000- 37
AN ORDINANCE relating to personnel; amending the shared employee leave
provisions of City of Yakima Municipal Code Section 2.40.110.
WHEREAS, the current provisions of the City of Yakima Municipal Code
relating to shared employee leave prevent the transfer of paid leave from one
employee to another employee until there have been three days of unpaid leave for the
current injury or illness; and
WHEREAS, the City Council deems it to be in the best interests of the City of
Yakima to repeal this requirement in order to allow uninterrupted periods of leave to
be transferred from one employee to another employee in the case of injury or illness,
now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Subsection 2.40.110A of the City of Yakima Municipal Code 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 D of Section 2.04.030 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 subsection (B) of Section 2.40.030.
2. The employee has completed a six 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, 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 the use of shared leave, the employee has abided by the provisions of
subsection B of Section 2.40.030.
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
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76. Shared leave is available pursuant to subsection B of this section to be donated to
the employee."
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Section 2. 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 5th day of
September, 2000.
ATTEST: ary Place, Mayor
cting City Clerk
Publication Date: 9 -8 -2000
Effective Date: 10-8 -2000
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BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEMENT
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Item No. 1
For Meeting Of: Sept. 05, 2000
ITEM TITLE: Consideration of Ordinance Amending Municipal
Code Section 2.40.110 regarding Shared Leave for
Management Employees
SUBMITTED BY: Dick Zais, City Manager
Rita Anson, Finance Director
CONTACT PERSON/TELEPHONE: Rita Anson #575 - 6070
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
The City of Yakima's Municipal Code currently allows the City Manager to grant to a
management employee the right to utilize paid leave from the shared leave pool under certain
conditions. There are various conditions and restrictions which govern when the utilization of
this shared leave pool may be granted. One of these restrictions requires that the employee use all
of their paid leave (vacation, sick leave, personal holiday, compensatory time, etc.) before they
may use any time from the shared pool. Additionally, the employee is currently required to begin
the third day of unpaid leave prior to becoming eligible to utilize the shared leave pool. Since
employees are only authorized to utilize the shared leave pool in cases of severe and /or unusual
circumstances, we feel this latter restriction places an undue hardship on the employee. The
amendment to this ordinance will eliminate the requirement that the employee must go on
unpaid leave for any amount of time prior to utilization of the shared leave pool. (It will leave in
tact the requirement that the employee use all of their paid leave prior to utilization of the shared
leave pool.)
Resolution Ordinance X Other (Specify)
Contract Mail to (name and address):
Phone:
Funding Source N/A
APPROVED FOR SUBMITTAL: _ , City Manager
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Pass Ordinance
BOARD /COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
COUNCIL ACTION: