City of Milwaukee - File #: 211629

• File #: 211629
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 2/8/2022
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 3/22/2022
• Effective date: 4/9/2022
• Title: A substitute ordinance relating to unpaid salary, wages, and other benefits.
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR
• Indexes: EMPLOYEE BENEFITS, WAGES AND BENEFITS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
4/8/2022	1	CITY CLERK	PUBLISHED
3/29/2022	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
3/22/2022	1	COMMON COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	14:0
3/16/2022	1	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE; Minutes note: Appearing: Renee Joos, DER	Pass	5:0
3/11/2022	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
2/8/2022	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
211629
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to unpaid salary, wages, and other benefits.
Section
350-35-5-a am
350-237-2-b-14 rn
350-237-2-b-14 cr
Analysis
Under this ordinance, any individual who is hired on a provisional, emergency or temporary appointment, student aide, volunteer auxiliary police officer, or less than a half-time employee shall not be eligible for the city’s paid parental leave benefit. In addition, this ordinance provides flexibility for scheduling funeral leave.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:

Part 1. Section 350-35-5-a of the code is amended to read:

350-35. Leave of Absence Policies.
5. FUNERAL LEAVE. a. Immediate Family. Unless stated otherwise in a certified collective bargaining agreement while it is in force and in effect, funeral leave shall cover necessary absence from duty of a city employee because of death in the immediate family of the employee. "Immediate family" is defined as husband or wife, child, stepchild, brother, sister, parent, stepparent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandparent or grandchild of the employee. “Brother-in-law” and “sister-in-law” includes a spouse’s sibling’s spouse. "Immediate family" includes stepparents and stepchildren by virtue of the employee's current spouse. Eligibility to use stepparent funeral leave benefits shall be limited to one stepmother and one stepfather regardless of the number of stepparents. “Immediate family” also includes an employee’s domestic partner, if the domestic partnership is registered with the department of employee relations under s. 350-245 or was registered with the city clerk as provided in s. 111-3 in effect prior to October 30, 2009. In the case of a death in the immediate family, an employee working a regular or alternative work schedule may be granted a leave of absence not to exceed 5 8-hour work days with ...