City of Milwaukee - File #: 041080

• File #: 041080
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 11/23/2004
• In control: FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
• Final action: 12/21/2004
• Effective date: 12/30/2004
• Title: A substitute ordinance relating to changes in benefits for nonmanagement, nonrepresented employes.
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR
• Indexes: INSURANCE BENEFITS, NONMANAGEMENT NONREPRESENTED PERSONNEL, WAGES AND BENEFITS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
12/29/2004	1	CITY CLERK	PUBLISHED
12/23/2004	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
12/21/2004	1	COMMON COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	15:0
12/15/2004	1	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE	Pass	5:0
12/6/2004	0	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
12/6/2004	0	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
11/29/2004		FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	REFERRED TO
11/29/2004		FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	REFERRED TO
11/23/2004	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
041080
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to changes in benefits for nonmanagement, nonrepresented employes.
Sections
350-35-5-a am
Analysis
This ordinance amends funeral leave benefits for nonmanagement, nonrepresented employes by including a spouse's sibling's spouse in the definition of brother-in-law and sister-in-law, thereby affording up to 3 work days with pay for funeral leave for such occurrences.
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. Except for those positions listed in par. c, funeral leave shall cover necessary absence from duty of general city employes because of death in the immediate family of the employe. "Immediate family" is defined as husband or wife, child, stepchild, brother, sister, parent, stepparents, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, or grand-child of the employe. >>Also, effective January 2, 2005 for nonmanagement, nonrepresented employes only, "brother-in-law" and "sister-in-law" includes a spouse's siblings's spouse.<< For management and nonmanagement, nonrepresented employes, "immediate family" also includes stepparents and stepchildren by virtue of the employe's current spouse. Furthermore, eligibility to use stepparent funeral leave benefits shall be limited to one stepmother and one stepfather regardless of the number of stepparents. Effective January 1, 2002, for management and nonmanagement, nonrepresented employes, "immediate family" shall include an employe's domestic partner, if the domestic partnership is registered with the city clerk as provided in s. 111-3. In the case of a death in the immediate family, an employe may be granted a leave of absence not to exceed 3 work days with pay. These workdays shall be limited to work d...