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Orange County <br /> Board of Commissioners <br /> Action Agenda Item Abstract <br /> Meeting Date: December 7, 1999 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. <br /> Subject: Personnel Ordinance Revision—Shared Leave <br /> Department: Personnel Public Hearing: Yes No X <br /> Budget Amendment <br /> Needed: Yes No X <br /> Attachment(s): Information Contact: <br /> Elaine Holmes, Personnel Director <br /> Draft Revision Orange County Extension 2550 <br /> Personnel Ordinance—Article IV, Telephone Number: <br /> Shared Leave Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Purpose: To consider updating the County's Shared Leave policy effective January 1, <br /> 2000 to take account of the addition of Personal Leave Days and of feedback from the <br /> County's Employee Relations Consortium. <br /> Background: The attached draft Personnel Ordinance revision takes account of the <br /> addition of Personal Leave Days and feedback from the County's Employee Relations <br /> Consortium. <br /> Personal Leave Days <br /> Effective July 1, 1999 the Board adopted a policy providing for Personal Leave Days for <br /> County employees. In that policy the Board provided that an employee who wishes to <br /> donate Personal Leave Days to an employee requesting Shared Leave may do so under <br /> the Shared Leave policy. The attached draft Personnel Ordinance revision updates the <br /> Shared Leave policy to take account of the addition of Personal Leave Days. <br /> Employee Relations Consortium Feedback <br /> During the past year, the County's Employee Relations Consortium has reviewed and <br /> discussed the Shared Leave policy to consider any needed changes following the first <br /> years of implementation of this program. As a result of this review and discussion, the <br /> Employee Relations Consortium has recommended that the use of the policy be extended <br /> to cover the instance of an employee who needs time off from work to care for a member of <br /> the employee's immediate family (spouse, parent, or child) who has a serious health <br /> condition. The attached draft Personnel Ordinance revision makes this change in Item 22.2 <br /> "Eligibility." <br />