02-2021 - Paid Parental Leave for FT employees

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Placed on 1st reading and referred to HHS 01/19/21; 2nd reading 2/1/21. Please substitute for the original Bullock, Kepple, Litten, Neff, O'Malley, Rader, ORDINANCE NO. 02-2021 BY: Shachner AN ORDINANCE to establish paid parental leave benefits for full-time employees of the City of Lakewood. WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood is committed to a workplace culture that helps our employees meet the demands of family and employment responsibilities; and WHEREAS, evidence shows that offering employees paid parental leave following the birth or adoption of a child results' in long term benefits to the wellbeing of the family; and WHEREAS, further evidence shows that offering employees paid parental leave attracts high quality candidates and motivates valuable incumbent employees; and WHEREAS, in light of the absence of paid parental leave benefits at the federal and state levels, the City of Lakewood seeks 'to be a leader in our City and region by offering these benefits and setting an example for other communities to do the same; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Constitution of the State of Ohio and the Ohio Revised Code, municipalities have the power of local self-government; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Constitution of the State of Ohio and the Ohio Revised Code, municipalities have the power to enact .laws that are for the health, safety, welfare, comfort and peace of the citizens of the municipality; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. Section 149.01, Definitions, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood, currently reading as follows: 149.01 DEFINITIONS. For the purposes of this chapter, certain words and phrases are defined as follows: (a) "Hourly employee" means all persons who furnish labor or personal service to the City and are compensated therefore by wages fixed, computed or paid on an hourly basis and paid directly by the City, except employees who furnish labor to the City Hospital and are compensated from the Hospital Fund. (b) "Week" means the period beginning at 12:01 a.m. Monday and ending at 12:00 midnight the following Sunday. (c) "Work week" means the period in a week during which hourly employees shall be available for work. It regularly shall be within the period from Monday to the following Friday, both inclusive. It shall be forty hours except that in any