Agenda - Council - 09/05/1990 - Closed Executive Meeting

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PARENTAL LEAVE This is a new proposal for the 1991 contract. Current state law states that "an employer must grant an unpaid leave of absence to an employee who is a natural or adoptive parent in conjunction wilh the birth or adoption of a child. The length of the leave shall be determined by the employee, but may not exceed six weeks, unless agreed to by the employer." The proposal for the 1991 contract requests that each regular full-time and part-time employee shall be eligible to take a leave of absence for up to three (3) months for parental leave immediately before and/or after the birth or adoption of a child to the employee or the employee's spouse. Six (6) weeks of the leave shall be paid with no deduction of sick leave or vacation leave. The remainder of the time may be taken without pay, annual leave or if eligible with sick leave. An employee returning from parental leave shah be guaranteed his/her old job. Using the number of employees represented by the AFSCME bargaining unit for the calendar year of 1990, which was 2, there would have been 12 weeks of parental leave paid for by the City of Ramsey. The average salary for the 20 employees is approximately $23,500 or $452 weekly. The cost of this request would be approximately $452 X 12 weeks, or $5,424. FUNERAL LEAVE The current 1989 and 1990 contract, Article 9.3 and 9.4, refers to sick time being used for funeral leave. The proposal for 1991 requests that an employee shall be granted a paid funeral leave for up to five (5) working days in case of death to an employee's parent, spouse, significant other or child and up to three (3) working days in the case of death to an employee's brother, sister, grandparents, grandchildren, step parent, step children or a like member of the employee's spouse's family. Such leave shall not be deducted from any other accumulated leave and shall be compensated. Based on two incidents, using the $23,500 annual average salary, the cost of this request would be approximately $542 (6 days at $11.30 per hour). PROPOSAL 13. WORK SCHEDULES There is no language in the 1989 and 1990 contract regarding work schedules. The 1991 proposal states that City Hall hours shall be between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Schedules (including flex time) shall be set up by an employer/employee committee. The schedule shall be bid on by Employer Seniority of each employer. This seniority would be by department. There is no $ cost of this request. Mr. Steffen will discuss this proposal at the September 5th meeting.