HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-2010-064 Amendment to OC Personnel Ordinance Article III, Section 1.0, The Work Week and Resolution Authorizing the Use/Advancement of Sick, Personal and Petty Leave~°~° "~`~
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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ~
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE USE AND ADVANCEMENT OF SICK,
PERSONAL AND PETTY LEAVE BY ORANGE COUNTY EMPLOYEES FOR
THE PURPOSE OF SUPPLEMENTING PAY FOR THE PAY PERIOD ENDING
OCTOBER 8, 2010
WHEREAS, the Orange County Personnel Ordinance Article III, Section 1.0
provides that employees standard work week is from "12:01 am Monday until 12:00
midnight on Sunday;" and
WHEREAS, permanent employees receive their paychecks on the Friday prior to
the end of the workweek in which they are paid; and
WHEREAS, this results in employees receiving paychecks based on the
employee's anticipated work schedule instead of on the employees actual hours worked;
and
WHEREAS, this practice has caused several issues including overpayment of
wages and difficulty in collection overpaid wages and delay in receipt of overtime
compensation; and
WHEREAS, in addition this practice makes it difficult to develop and implement
an automated time and attendance process to not only cut down on errors in timekeeping
and increase efficiencies but to also standardize the methodology used to process time
and attendance; and
WHEREAS, to change the current system a "payroll deferral" is required that
moves the pay period one week which will cause employees to receive, in the second of
three paychecks in October 2010, a one week paycheck instead of a two week paycheck;
and
WHEREAS, the County Manager has recommended several options which
include the use of up to forty (40) hours of sick leave, advancing an employee up to forty
(40) hours of sick leave and allowing employees to use any personal and petty leave
earned but not used through June 30, 2011 for the sole purpose of supplementing an
employee's pay for the period ending October 8, 2010; and
WHEREAS, the Orange County Personnel Ordinance Article IV, Section 6.2
"Use of Sick. Leave," Section 6.9 "Advancing of Sick Leave," and Sections 10.3 and
10.4 limit the use of sick and petty leave to those enumerated in the Orange County
Personnel Ordinance and do not allow for the use- recommended by the County Manager.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of
Commissioners is authorizing the County Manager to allow County employees the use of
up to forty (40) hours of sick leave for the sole purpose of supplementing the employee's
pay for the pay period ending October 8, 2010; and
BE IT RESOLVED that the County Manager is authorized to advance employees up to
forty (40) hours of sick leave for the sole purpose of supplementing the employee's pay
for the pay period ending October 8, 2010; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED .that the County Manager is authorized to allow
employees to use any petty and personal leave earned but not used through June 30, 2011
for the purpose of supplementing the employee's pay for the pay period ending October
8, 2010.
This the 17~' day of August, 2010.
~LG~...•
Valerie P. Foushee, Chair
Orange County Board of Commissioners