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Human Resources Holiday Policy (B)
The Charter Officers seek direction on an amendment to the Human Resources Holiday Policy for non-represented employees.
Explanation
The current Human Resources Holiday Policy observes ten paid holidays for non-represented employees. With the implementation of non-traditional work schedules across the organization, such as the 4 day, 10 hour workweek, it has become necessary to clarify the application of the policy to the workweek.
Several of the Charter Officers support amending the Holiday Policy to set forth a maximum of 80 hours of holiday pay per year, depending on the full-time status of the employee. This is the equivalent of ten paid holidays at eight hours each. This amendment provides for equitable benefits for all non-represented employees regardless of their work schedule or reporting hierarchy. A copy of this revised Policy is attached as Exhibit "A"
Soon after the approval of the 4-10 hour workweek in the Fall of 2008, the City Attorney's Office collegially developed an internal Attendance and Work Schedule Policy to implement the 4-10 workweek, specifically addressing holidays in the context of a 4-10 workweek. The City Attorney's internal policy, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit "B", only applies to the employees of the City Attorney's Office and is tailored to fit the specific needs of a professional law office. The function of a law office necessitates the actual physical presence of employees in the office to regularly produce legal documents, respond to judicial and administrative agencies, and attorneys' offices that are open 5 days per week, meet deadlines that are independent of the City's regular work schedule.
The City Attorney therefore has several concerns with the amendments proposed by the other Charter Officers. These concerns are more fully outlined in the City Attorney's memorandum to the Charter Officers dated September 22, 2009 (a copy of which is attache...
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