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2 <br />continue critical services, the County Manager may approve additional hours in writing. <br />For this purpose, critical services include such services as public safety and top priority <br />goals of the County. <br />• When the employee is working under an established academic internship program or <br />work study program. <br />ATTACHMENT A provides the referenced Ordinance and the Non - Temporary categories. <br />Section 2: Rights of Temporary Employees <br />Under Section 28 -36 of the Code of Ordinances, it is the policy of Orange County to provide <br />permanent employees both full -time and part -time (regularly scheduled at least 20 hours each <br />workweek) with group health insurance. Temporary employees are considered non - permanent <br />and are not eligible for health insurance. <br />Section 3: Current Work Assignments of Temporary Employees <br />There are varying uses of temporary employees, summarized as follows: <br />• Employees work a regular work schedule for periods longer than six months to a year <br />• Employees work within the duration of a grant time period <br />• Employees work a defined time period, considered seasonal, may return year after year <br />• Employees work on as needed basis or per diem (called when needed) <br />• Employees are filling a position vacated because an employee is on leave <br />• Employees are filling a need during the time period to process the filling of vacancies <br />• Employees in the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) (DSS youth employment grant) <br />• Employees in the Work First Program, which services parents of children with little or no <br />income <br />Section 4: Findings of the Analysis <br />ATTACHMENT B provides an overview by department. The following table represents an <br />overview of Hours Worked by Current Temporary Employees. <br />Average Wage <br />Total Hours Worked <br /># of Temp Employees <br />Average # of Hours <br />Worked <br />401 or approximately <br />$13.83 <br />121,139 <br />300 <br />15 hours per pay <br />period <br />There are 22 employees of the 300 temporary employees that worked more than 1,040 hours in <br />FY 2013 - 2014, which represents 7.33% of the temporary population. Five of these temporary <br />employees are County retirees from the BOCC (1), Health (1), Solid Waste (1), and the Sheriff's <br />Office (2). <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), employers with 50 or more full - <br />time employees (including full -time equivalents) must offer all employees working an average of <br />