DATE: July 13, 2021
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steve Brandau, Chairman, Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT: Removal of the 120-hour minimum leave use requirement of Annual Leave, and restoral of Annual Leave hours deducted from current employees' Annual Leave Back during the 2020 Benefit Calendar Year
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Approve Amendment to the Salary Resolution, deleting Section 615.5.2, which ends the requirement to take a minimum of one-hundred twenty (120) hours (fifteen [15] regular workdays) of Annual Leave for vacation/sick leave during each payroll year;
2. Designate the Human Resources Department to engage Bargaining Units with respect to any impact from changes in Section 615.5; and
3. Direct staff to restore Annual Leave hours deducted from current employees' Annual Leave Bank during the 2020 Benefit Calendar Year.
REPORT
There is no direct increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended actions. Approval of the recommended actions will allow County staff to Amend SR 615.5, engage Bargaining Units regarding the beneficial change, and restore to current employees' Annual Leave Bank any lost Annual Leave due to not meeting the minimum leave use requirements during the 2020 Benefit Calendar Year. There are currently 133 County employees who were affected by the 120-hour Minimum Annual Leave Use requirement at the end of 2020. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Your Board could choose not to approve the Salary Resolution Amendment and the minimum leave use required annually would remain unchanged. Your Board could also choose to approve the Amendment prospectively and not restore Annual Leave hours which were deducted.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no direct increase in Net County Cost (NCC) associated with the recommended actions. Although not removing required and unused Annual Leave hours will allow County employees to bank hours faster, the cost of those hours has already been considered in the benefit...
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