Agenda - Council Work Session - 10/24/2023

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NEW -- Employee Sick and Safe Time -- NEW WHAT CAN THE LEAVE BE USED FOR? Employees can use their earned sick and safe time for reasons such as: Red font=Ramsey has this benefit already, unless the expanded type of family member doesn't match our policy. • the employee's mental or physical illness, treatment or preventive care; • a *family member's mental or physical illness, treatment or preventive care; If the type of family member matches our red font below: • absence due to domestic abuse, sexual assault or stalking of the employee or a *family member; If the type of family member matches our red font below: • closure of the employee's workplace due to weather or public emergency or closure of a family member's school or care facility due to weather or public emergency; and • when determined by a health authority or health care professional that the employee or *family member is at risk of infecting others with a communicable disease. If the type of family member matches our red font below: WHICH FAMILY MEMBERS ARE INCLUDED? * Ramsey allowed uses for Sick Leave are shown in red font. Employees may use earned sick and safe time for their following family members: 1. their child, including foster child, adult child, legal ward, child for whom the employee is legal guardian or child to whom the employee stands or stood in loco parentis (in place of a parent); Ramsey accepts if an employee states them "child" is ill, sick time can be used. We don't question the specifics. 2. their spouse or registered domestic partner; Ramsey does not allow sick time for a domestic partner. 3. their sibling, stepsibling or foster sibling; Ramsey accepts if an employee states them "sibling" is ill, sick time can be used. We don't question the specifics. 4. their biological (parent), adoptive or foster parent, stepparent or a person who stood in loco parentis (in place of a parent) when the employee was a minor child; Ramsey accepts if an employee states them "parent" is ill, sick time can be used. We don't question the specifics 5. their grandchild, foster grandchild or step-grandchild; Ramsey accepts if an employee states them ``grandchild" is ill, sick time can be used. We don't question the specifics. 6. their grandparent or step-grandparent; 7. a child of a sibling of the employee; 8. a sibling of the parents of the employee; 9. a child-in-law or sibling-in-law; 10. any of the family members listed in 1 through 9 above of an employee's spouse or registered domestic partner; 11. any other individual related by blood or whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship; and 12. up to one individual annually designated by the employee. Ramsey allowed uses for Sick Leave are shown in red font.