The leave is technically both: The first 10 days of the public health emergency FMLA leave is unpaid, unless the employee uses their own leave accruals and/or are eligible for Emergency Sick Leave to use in order to be paid for the first 10 days. After that, the City will provide: Paid leave in an … Continued
It means that if an employee is unable to work (or telework) due to a need to care for the employee’s child because the child’s elementary or secondary school or place of care or childcare provider has been closed due to a public health emergency.
No. The FMLA’s terms and definitions remain the same. The new law simply adds a provision that addresses the unique needs of the COVID-19 pandemic. As of April 1st, City employees may take FMLA leave for “a qualifying need related to a public health emergency” (i.e., the coronavirus). Meanwhile, other qualifying reasons for FMLA leave … Continued
As a reminder, all City business (including the review and acknowledgment of forms) is to be conducted using only City email addresses.
Employees wishing to work remotely during the shelter-in-place order should review the Telework Guidelines and Agreement and submit a request to their supervisor. If approved, employees should use the Telework Time Tracking Tool to report their work assignments and progress on a regular basis to their supervisor. Unfortunately, temp/seasonal employees are not eligible to participate … Continued
If an employee is unable to work due to having or being exposed to COVID-19, they may be eligible for payments from SDI (State Disability Insurance). SDI provides short-term benefit payments to eligible workers who have a full or partial loss of wages due to a non-work-related illness, injury, or pregnancy. If an employee is … Continued
If an employee is concerned about potential exposure to COVID-19 but has not been advised or ordered to quarantine by a medical professional or authorized government authority, they can use vacation and/or other available paid leave (comp, sick, etc).
Employees will be paid for their regularly scheduled time by the City while test results are pending. If the test is positive, a Workers’ Compensation claim will be filed to cover lost wages. If the test result is negative, the employee will return to work. The nuances of these cases will be handled by HR … Continued
Employees will be able to use all sick and non-sick paid leave accruals, unless the employee is approved (and is able) to work remotely. Employees may be required to provide satisfactory documentation that they were quarantined at the direction of appropriate government authorities or medical physician.
• If an employee reports to work and exhibits objective signs of being sick (e.g., significant coughing and other respiratory troubles, symptoms of fever), please strongly encourage the employee to go home. • If an employee does not agree to go home, the City will direct them to do so and pay them four days … Continued