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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: November 13, 2007 Action Agend~l Item No. ~____ Sl1RJFCT~ RPView of Personnel Ordinance DEPARTMENT: Personnel PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No ATTACHMENTS: 1. Proposed Article I, Orange County Personnel Ordinance 2. Proposed Rules and Regulations: Workers Compensation 3. Proposed Ordinance Change and Rules and Regulations: Overtime Compensation 4. Proposed Timetable for Personnel Ordinance Review INFORMATION CONTACT: Annette Moore, Policy and Compliance Officer (919) 245-2317 Michael McGinnis, Human Resources Director (919) 245-2552 PURPOSE: To provide Staff with direction on a proposal to review and update the Orange County Personnel Ordinance and a review a timetable to complete the project. BACKGROUND: In 1976, the Board of Commissioners adopted the Personnel Policy. The Board revised its original Personnel Policy into a Personnel Ordinance and adopted it in 1985. In the twenty-seven year period since the adoption of the Personnel Ordinance, it has been amended approximately 37 times not including amendments to the Pay or Classification Plan Sections of the Ordinance. While there have been amendments to the Ordinance, the County has not undertaken a comprehensive review of the entire document. Since its adoption, laws affecting the rights of employees and the responsibility of employers have changed significantly. The County has kept up by amending the Ordinance as some of these laws became effective. However, the County has not reviewed the Ordinance in its entirety looking at these new laws and in some cases has not incorporated the language of these laws into the Ordinance. Staff is requesting that the Board consider reviewing the County's Personnel Ordinance in its entirety. A review of the Ordinance would enable the Board to update the current ordinance to include the changes in state and federal law, adopt best practices, modernize the terminology, remove items that are no longer relevant and create a separate manual of Rules and Regulation. Some examples are: • Update changes in state and federal law -Include language in the Ordinance consistent with the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and the American with Disabilities Act;