City of Milwaukee - File #: 130506

• File #: 130506
• Version: 2
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/4/2013
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 10/15/2013
• Effective date: 11/1/2013
• Title: A substitute ordinance relating to funeral benefits for city employees.
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR
• Indexes: EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
10/31/2013	2	CITY CLERK	PUBLISHED
10/24/2013	2	MAYOR	SIGNED
10/15/2013	2	COMMON COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	15:0
10/9/2013	1	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	AMENDED; Minutes note: Individual appearing: Nicole Fleck, Department of Employee Relations Labor Negotiator Ald. Kovac moved to amend the ordinance to change "day after funeral" to "day of funeral". (Prevailed 5-0)	Pass	5:0
10/9/2013	2	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE	Pass	5:0
10/8/2013	1	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
10/7/2013	1	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
10/2/2013	1	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
9/24/2013	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
9/4/2013	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
130506
Version
SUBSTITUTE 2
Reference

Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to funeral benefits for city employees.
Sections
350-35-5-a am
Analysis
Current provisions provide that funeral leaves of absence for immediate family shall be limited to the workdays falling within 10 days that begin on the day of death. This ordinance establishes that these absences may also fall beginning on the day of the funeral.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:

Part 1. Section 350-35-5-a 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 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 3 8-hour work days with pay; an employee regularly working 24-hour shifts may be granted a leave of absence not to exceed 2 24-hour work days with pay. ...