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File #: 010733    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 9/25/2001 In control: FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
On agenda: Final action: 10/12/2001
Effective date: 10/31/2001    
Title: A substitute ordinance relating to continuation of city employe benefits during certain military leaves of absence.
Sponsors: ALD. SCHERBERT, ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL
Indexes: HEALTH INSURANCE, INSURANCE BENEFITS, WAGES AND BENEFITS
Attachments: 1. Fiscal note.PDF, 2. Budget reply.PDF
Number
010733
Version
SUBSTITUTE 2
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. SCHERBERT
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to continuation of city employe benefits during certain military leaves of absence.
Sections
350-36-2.5-0 am
350-36-2.5-a am
350-36-2.5-d am
Analysis
This ordinance extends employe health and dental benefits to the dependents of city employes whose national guard or reserve units are called up, or who volunteer, for active military duty in connection with the anti-terrorism campaign Operation Enduring Freedom. The city shall contribute towards the subscriber cost for the employes' health or dental plan, or both, for employes who serve on active duty for more than 30 days. The benefits cease when the national guard or reserve members are released from active duty or after 24 months, whichever comes first. The benefit terms are the same as those provided for dependents of employes who volunteered or were called up for active duty in Bosnia and in connection with the presidential order of April 27, 1999, relating to Operation Allied Force (the Kosovo conflict).

Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:

Part 1. Section 350-36-2.5-0,a and d of the code is amended to read:

350-36. Military Leave.

2.5. CONTINUATION OF BENEFITS DURING CERTAIN MILITARY LEAVES OF ABSENCE. In addition to the rights of city employes pursuant to this section, during a military leave of absence for performance of duties as a member of a national guard unit of the United States or reserve component of the United States who is called to, or volunteers for, active duty in Bosnia [[or]]>>,<< active duty in connection with the presidential executive order of April 27, 1999, relating to Operation Allied Force or >>to the anti-terrorism campaign Operation Enduring Freedom<< in accordance with the calling up of units of the national guard of the United States or members of the reserve components of the Un...

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