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11 1 • When the employee is working under an established academic internship program or work 2 study program. 3 ATTACHMENT provides the referenced Ordinance and the Non - Temporary categories. 4 Section 2: Rights of Temporary Employees 5 Under Section 28 -36 of the Code of Ordinances, it is the policy of Orange County to provide 6 permanent employees both full -time and part -time (regularly scheduled at least 20 hours each 7 workweek) with group health insurance. Temporary employees are considered non - permanent 8 and are not eligible for health insurance. 9 Section 3: Current Work Assignments of Temporary Employees 10 There are varying uses of temporary employees, summarized as follows: 11 • Employees work a regular work schedule for periods longer than six months to a year 12 • Employees work within the duration of a grant time period 13 • Employees work a defined time period, considered seasonal, may return year after year 14 • Employees work on as needed basis or per diem (called when needed) 15 • Employees are filling a position vacated because an employee is on leave 16 • Employees are filling a need during the time period to process the filling of vacancies 17 • Employees in the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) (DSS youth employment grant) 18 • Employees in the Work First Program, which services parents of children with little or no 19 income 20 21 The Board of County Commissioners may want to consider implementing a policy that 22 determines the full status of any non - permanent temp employee over a 12 month measurement 23 period as suggested under the affordable care act. 24 There are 22 employees of the 300 temporary employees that worked more than 1,040 hours in 25 FY 2013 - 2014, which represents 7.33% of the temporary population. Five of these temporary 26 employees are County retirees from the BOCC (1), Health (1), Solid Waste (1), and the 27 Sheriff's Office (2). 28 29 Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), employers with 50 or more fulltime employees (including 30 full -time equivalents) must offer all employees working an average of 30 hours per week or 31 more in a month a health insurance coverage or pay penalties, effective January 1, 2015. 32 The ACA measures full time status month by month. A seasonal employee who works an 33 average of 30 hours per week during any month must be offered health care coverage for the 34 month worked unless the employer takes certain actions. 35 Employers subject to the employer mandate may adopt a "measurement period" longer than a 36 month to measure the full time status of employees. This provides an average of hours worked 37 recognizing seasonal and temporary employees. 38 Additionally, the North Carolina Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System defines an 39 employee" as any person who is regularly employed in a regular position, the duties of which 40 require not less than 1,000 hours or more in a twelve -month period. Such employees are 41 subject to membership in the retirement system and would be required to contribute 6% of all 42 earnings to the Retirement System, and the County would contribute the required employer 43 amount (currently 7.41 %). 44 45 Brenda Bartholomew said she does not think that Orange County is employing their 46 temporary employees over the recommended hours. 47 Commissioner Dorosin said there was a reference to 22 employees that worked more 48 than part time hours and the fact that this has been fixed. He asked how this was fixed. 49 Brenda Bartholomew said some of the temporary employees did not continue on into 50 this fiscal year and some were made permanent during the last budget process. She said