[Adopted 1-19-2022 by Res. No. 12698]
A.
Full-time
employees who have completed their probationary period or any extension
thereof may take up to eight weeks of paid maternity leave for the
purpose of giving birth or adopting a child.
B.
Full-time
employees who have completed their probationary period or any extension
thereof who are fathers or are in the act of becoming a parent and
not the one giving birth may take up to four weeks of paid paternity
leave.
C.
Additional
leave is provided under the Family and Medical Leave Act and employees
may use accrued leave or take unpaid leave as permitted by law.
Applications for maternity/paternity leave shall be made in
writing and transmitted to the City Administrator in as much advance
of the leave request as possible, and shall be maintained in the payroll
and personnel records as required for auditing purposes.
