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 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. These work days shall be limited to work days falling within the 10 consecutive calendar-day period that begins on the day of death or the day of the funeral. >>The work days may be used for both the death and the funeral, provided that they are used in connection with the death or the funeral.<< If funeral leave coincides with any furlough dates, the furlough time shall be rescheduled as approved by the department head.
Part 2. Section 350-237-2-b-14 of the code is renumbered 350-237-2-b-15.
Part 3. Section 350-237-2-b-14 of the code is created to read:
350-237. Exclusion from Benefits.
2. BENEFITS EXCLUDED
b.
b-14. Paid parental leave.
LRB
APPROVED AS TO FORM
__________________________
Legislative Reference Bureau
Date: _____________________
Attorney
IT IS OUR OPINION THAT THE ORDINANCE
IS LEGAL AND ENFORCEABLE
___________________________
Office of the City Attorney
Date: ______________________
Requestor
Department of Employee Relations
Drafter
LRB177294-2
Tea Norfolk
3/10/2022