In keeping with the City’s goal of being a workplace of choice, the recommendation is to provide eligible City employees with (1) paid prenatal leave for prenatal wellness healthcare appointments and other absences related to the pregnancy; (2) paid parental leave to bond and care for a child after the birth or placement of a child with the employee for adoption or foster care to be used within the first year after child birth or placement of a child with the employee for adoption or foster care; and (3) infant wellness leave following the birth of a child or placement of a child with the employee for adoption or foster care to be used during the infant’s first year after birth.

 

Eligible employees would receive a maximum of 160 hours of paid parental leave and forty (40) hours of infant wellness leave effective May 14, 2022.  In addition, eligible employees would receive 320 hours of paid parental leave, effective May 14, 2022, and beginning September 1, 2023, eligible employees would receive 480 hours of paid parental leave.

 

The Human Resources Director shall promulgate rules regarding eligibility for and use of Paid Leave for Prenatal, Parental, and Infant Wellness Leaves.

 

Funding for this item is adopted in the FY 2022 Adopted Budget. Therefore, no Fiscal Note is required as stated in the Financial Policies.