HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-1519 - Amending Resolution No. 1411 and amending the Marysville Personnel Code Chapter VII Employee Benefits and Obligations Concerning Shared LeaveCIT Y 0 F MAR Y S V ILL E
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RESOLUTION NO.I~19
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE AMENDING
RESOLUTION NO.1411 AND AMENDING THE MARYSVILLE PERSONNEL
CODE CHAPTER VII,EMPLOYEE BENEFITS AND OBLIGATIONS
CONCERNING SHARED LEAVE.
WHEREAS,on February 12,1990 the Marysville City Council
adopted Resolution No.1411 adding a new section to the Marysville
Personnel Code entitled Shared Leave and providing for the transfer
of vacation leave between employees;and
WHEREAS,the Shared Leave program was
program with a one-year sunset provision
thereafter;and
originally a pilot
but was extended
WHEREAS,the City Council finds it appropriate and in the
public interest to permit employees to share vacation leave and to
transfer such leave when an immediate family member has a life-
threatening illness or injury necessitating the employee to be
absent from his or her employment for an extended period;and
WHEREAS,the City Council finds that an emergency exists
necessitating the immediate institution of an amendment to the
Shared Leave program to prevent an unnecessary hardship on its
employees;NOW,THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE,
WASHINGTON AS FOLLOWS:
Section 34(b)of Chapter VII of the Personnel Code of the city
of Marysville is hereby amended to read as follows:
b.A Department Director,with the Mayor's approval,
may permit any full-time,non-temporary employee to receive
shared leave if:
(1)The employee suffers from an illness,injury,
impairment,or physical or mental condition which is of
an extraordinary or severe nature and which has caused,
or is likely to cause,the employee to go on leave
without pay status or to terminate his or her employment
with the City.
(2) The employee has depleted or will shortly
deplete his or her total of accrued vacation,sick leave,
compensatory time,holiday time,and/or other paid leave.
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(3)Prior to the use of shared leave,the employee
has abided by the city's sick leave policy in good faith.
(4)The employee has diligently pursued and is
found to be ineligible for state industrial insurance
benefits,and has no disability benefits available at
this time.
(5)The use of shared leave will not significantly
increase the city's costs,except for those costs which
would otherwise be incurred in the administration of this
program or which would otherwise be incurred by the
employee's department.
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(6)An im\nediate family member of the employee
(spouse~child~suffers from an illness or injury which
is life-threatening and which has caused or is likely to
cause the employee to go on leave without pay status or
to terminate his or her employment with the city.
Requests for shared leave to attend to an immediate
family member who has a life-threatening illness or
injury shall be approved or disapproved in the sole
discretion of the City Administrator on a case-by-case
basis.
PASSED by the city council and APPROVED by the Mayor this /3~
day of 30 nWl'j ,1992.
Attest:
~~By ~
CitCierk
Approved as to form:
By Ll4d to LJJ
,city Attorney
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CITY OF MARYSVILLE
BY{)~
Mayor