Special Notice / Hearing: None
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Rocio Kiryczun, Human Resources Director
Michelle Kuka, Deputy Director, Human Resources
Subject: Amendment to Section 10 of the Master Salary Resolution
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an amendment to Master Salary Resolution 079812 to amend Section 10 - Extra-Help of the Master Salary Resolution.
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BACKGROUND:
The current Master Salary Resolution includes language about the amount of sick leave that would be provided to extra-help employees. On January 1, 2024, a new state law (SB616) will become effective, which would increase the sick leave provided to extra-help employees. The County is moving to align with the provisions of this new state law.
DISCUSSION:
Extra-Help employees covered by the Master Salary Resolution are already provided twenty-four (24) hours of sick leave annually. Extra-Help employees can utilize those sick leave hours throughout the fiscal year. At the end of the fiscal year, any unused sick leave expires and the employees receive a new, annual allocation of twenty-four (24) hours of sick leave.
The following is a high-level summary of the major changes but is not a substitute for the attached agreement and the detailed terms contained therein.
1. Extra-help employees were already provided twenty-four (24) hours of sick leave in the first full pay period in July (the beginning of the fiscal year).
2. Effective the first full pay period in January 2024, extra-help employees will be provided with an additional thirty-six (36) hours of sick leave.
3. New extra-help employees hired on or after the first full pay period in January 2024 will receive sixty (60) hours of sick leave when they start employment with the County, but they are not allowed to use it until their 30th day of employment. The sixty (60) hours of sick leave will appear in the new extra-help employee's wage statement ...
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