Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Rocio Kiryczun, Human Resources Director
Michelle Kuka, Employee Relations Manager
Subject: Resolution Authorizing an Amendment to the County's COVID-19 Emergency Sick Leave and Expanded Family and Medical Leave Policy
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an amendment to the County's COVID-19 Emergency Sick Leave and Expanded Family and Medical Leave Policy in order to align the COVID-19 Emergency Sick Leave policy with new state law and extend the availability of the County's COVID-19 Emergency Sick Leave and Emergency Family Leave to September 30, 2021.
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BACKGROUND:
Due to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, the Federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) created mandatory paid leave for certain employees in the form of Emergency Paid Sick Leave and Emergency Family Medical Leave. The FFCRA provided up to 2 weeks of paid sick leave to employees for COVID-19 related reasons and paid FMLA leave for school and child care closures related to COVID-19 from April 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020.
The County Board of Supervisors previously ratified a County policy providing County employees with Emergency Paid Sick Leave and Emergency Family Medical Leave pursuant to the FFCRA. After the FFCRA expired at the end of 2020, the Board ratified two extensions to the County's emergency leave policy, providing for County COVID-19 Emergency Sick Leave and Emergency Family Medical Leave until May 1, 2021.
In some areas, the County's policy went beyond the minimum requirements of the FFCRA. For instance, under specified circumstances the County's policy provides for sick leave hours and pay beyond the minimums required by the FFCRA.
DISCUSSION:
On March 19, 2021, California enacted a new statewide law, SB 95, requiring most employers to provide up to two weeks of paid COVID-19 sick leave for employees who ar...
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