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09p- aD10- 045 <br />Attachment 1 <br />Current Orange County Personnel Ordinance Article IV, Section 14.0 Family Leave <br />14.0 Family Leave <br />14.1 Three (3) consecutive days of paid Family Leave may be taken by a full- JAmended <br />time or part -time permanent or probationary employee upon the birth of 1 03/05/90 <br />the employee's child. This leave must be taken during the child's first week <br />of life. <br />14.2 An employee adopting a child will be eligible to take three (3) consecutive Amended <br />days of paid Family Leave. The employee will be eligible to take this leave o3ro5/90 <br />after the adoption has been finalized during the first week the child is in the <br />employee's home. <br />Proposed Amendment to Orange County Personnel Ordinance Article IV, Section 14.0 Family <br />Medical Leave <br />14.0 Family Medical Leave <br />14.1 In accordance with the provisions of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993 <br />and any amendments thereto, Orange County will provide qualified employees up to twelve <br />weeks of unpaid leave in a 12 -month period for specified family and medical reasons, or <br />for any "qualifying exigency" arising out of the fact that a covered military member is on <br />active duty, has been notified of an impending call for duty or is ordered to active duty, in <br />support of a contingency operation, or to take up to 26 weeks of job - protected leave in a <br />single 12 -month period to care for a covered service member with a serious injury or <br />illness. <br />14.2 An employee may take up to three days of consecutive paid leave for the birth or adoption <br />of his or her child during the child's first week of life or first week in the home or for the <br />fostering of a child under the age of five during the child's first week in the home. <br />14.3 The County Manager will provide Rules and Regulation to carry out the purpose of this <br />section of the Ordinance. <br />