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Introduction of Ordinance Amending the Alameda Municipal Code by Deleting Section 25-2.4 Concerning the Accrual of Sick Leave By Certain Part Time Employees. (Human Resources 2512)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Elizabeth D. Warmerdam, Interim City Manager
Re: Introduction of an Ordinance Amending the Alameda Municipal Code by Deleting Section 25-2.4 Concerning the Accrual of Sick Leave by Certain Part Time Employees
BACKGROUND
The City of Alameda Municipal Code section 25-2.4 ("Sick Leave Policy for Eligible Part-Time Employees") currently provides paid sick leave to part-time employees who have worked continuously for the City for 12 months during the calendar year. This leave provides five working days during any 12 month period, based on the average number of hours worked. For example, if an employee worked an average of 20 hours per week, they would be entitled to 20 hours of paid sick leave after 12 months of employment. Under the current Municipal Code, the part-time paid sick leave does not roll over to the subsequent year.
Assembly Bill 1522 ("AB 1522"), enacting the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 ("Paid Sick Leave Law") entitles an employee, who has worked 30 days in California, to paid sick leave. Under AB 1522, a paid sick leave program cannot provide less than 24 hours or three-days of paid time off per calendar year. It also allows accumulated sick leave to accrue from year to year for part-time employees, except those that are seasonal. The new law, however, allows an employer to limit employees' use of sick leave to 24 hours, or the equivalent of three days, whichever is greater, in each year. The new law does not apply to employees who are covered by a collective bargaining agreement, nor to CalPERS Retirees. The law was effective on January 1, 2015 and the implementation of the accrual paid sick leave provision will go into effect retroactively to July 1...
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