To: Board of Supervisors
From: Human Resources
Agenda Section: Departmental
SUBJECT:
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Resolution Updating Employee Procedures and Leave Accruals in Response to the Termination of the Local Emergency as a Result of the COVID-19 Pandemic
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Adopt Resolution 22-____ rescinding employee benefits that were modified as the result of the proclaimed local emergency in response to COVID-19.
2. Authorize the Director of Human Resources, or their designee, to implement and administer any future State or Federally required benefits, or extension of benefits, related to COVID-19 after consultation with County Counsel and the County Administrative Office.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
All county funds
DISCUSSION:
On April 12, 2022 the local emergency declared in response to COVID-19 was terminated by the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors. Prior to this, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-4-22 on February 25, 2022 to phase out provisions of COVID-19 related executive orders put in place by the State of California to facilitate a coordinated response to the pandemic. While a local health emergency remains in effect, the precautions, and additional needs of our workforce in response to COVID-19 no longer warrant waiving the established limits set forth in our county Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs), Compensation Plans, Salary Resolution and other binding agreements outlining employee benefits. As such, the following benefits will be modified as illustrated below:
VACATION BALANCES
Where county employees vacation benefit balances did not have a cap applied to them as the result of the Resolution 20-27 dated April 14, 2020, that cap will be restored to the limit defined in an employee's agreement (MOU, Compensation Plan or Salary Resolution) within 60 days of the date of approval of the attached resolution. Any employees who have vacation balances that are 80 hours below the...
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