19-2022 - Amend 149.25 Paid Parental leave and Childbirth Leave

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ORDINANCE NO. 19-2022 Placed on 1st reading & referred to HHS 6/06/22; 2nd reading 6/21/22 Baker, Bullock, Kepple, Litten, Marx, Rader, Shachner AN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five (5) members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law, amending Section 149.25 Paid Parental Leave and Childbirth Leave of the Lakewood Codified Ordinances to remove the eligibility requirement of twelve or more months of service with the City of Lakewood. WHEREAS, in 2021 the Administration submitted legislation to provide paid leave for the birth, adoption, fostering of a child; and WHEREAS, not that this paid leave has been in place there is a need to remove the requirement that the employee be employed for a minimum of 12 months with the City of Lakewood in order to access this paid benefit; and WHEREAS, the first year of employment with the City is the time where most employees are the most vulnerable, have little to no paid time off and need this benefit the most; and WHEREAS, in order to continue to promote a work and family life balance, the 12 month requirement should be removed; and WHEREAS, as set forth in Section 2.12 of the Third Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood, this Council by a vote of at least two thirds of its members determines that this ordinance is an emergency measure and that it shall take effect immediately and that it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public property, health, and safety and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments in that these provisions should be enacted to allow for the application of paid leave immediately to employees; now, therefore BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That Section 149.25 Paid Parental Leave, Childbirth Leave, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood, currently reading as follows: 149.25 PAID PARENTAL LEAVE, CHILDBIRTH LEAVE. (a) All employees who are eligible City employees pursuant to Section 149.14 and who have been employed full-time with the City for twelve or more months shall be eligible to take paid parental leave one time in a twelve-month period. (b) All employees who are eligible City employees pursuant to Section 149.14, who have been employed full-time with the City for twelve or more months and who are parents who give birth are eligible to take childbirth leave one time in a twelve-month period.