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SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
No. 22 of 2003
(Adding New Chapter to Title 2, Administration and Personnel, of the City Code)
AN ORDINANCE SETTING FORTH CERTAIN BENEFITS FOR
EMPLOYEES ON MILITARY LEAVES OF ABSENCE.
WHEREAS, Salt Lake City Corporation applauds the sacrifice made by its
employees who request leaves of absence to serve in the uniformed services;
WHEREAS, when these employees leave and return from service with the
uniformed services Salt Lake City Corporation has certain legal obligations under federal
and state law, and under agreements with its certified bargaining units;
WHEREAS, Salt Lake City Corporation intends to provide certain additional
benefits that are not required by law or contract to employees returning from a military
leave of absence;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah:
SECTION 1. The following new chapter shall be added to Title 2 (Administration
and Personnel) of the Salt Lake City Code:
Chapter 2.51
MILITARY LEAVES OF ABSENCE
2.51.010. Benefits when an employee departs on military leave.
A. Use of vacation and personal leave time. A full-time employee who requests
a military leave of absence from City employment and who receives orders to serve with
a uniformed service may request compensation for all or any portion of the employee's
unused vacation and personal leave time accrued prior to departing for military service.
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Upon request by a full-time employee taking a military leave of absence, the City will
compensate the employee based on the employee's hourly rate of pay for each hour of
unused vacation time. Upon request by a full-time employee taking a military leave of
absence, the City will compensate the employee at a rate of fifty percent of the hourly
rate for each hour of unused personal leave time.
B. Use of unused holiday time. A full-time employee who requests a military
leave of absence from City employment and who receives orders to serve with a
uniformed service may request compensation for all or any portion of the employee's
unused holiday time accrued within the twelve months prior to departing for a military
leave of absence. Upon request the City shall compensate the employee based on the
employee's hourly rate of pay for each hour of holiday time requested.
C. Life insurance and health care benefits. A full-time employee who requests
a military leave of absence from City employment and who receives orders to serve with
a uniformed service may, as the employee departs, request limited continued enrollment
in the City's health care or life insurance programs. The City will pay the premium for
the employee's basic term life insurance benefit, to allow continuous coverage while the
employee is on military leave. The employee shall be responsible for all other premium
costs of such programs for the period the employee is in an unpaid status on a military
leave of absence.
2.51.020. Benefits while an employee is on military leave.
A. Military leave pay. A full-time employee who requests a military leave of
absence from City employment and who receives orders to serve with a uniformed
service shall receive his or her military leave pay, as provided in the relevant labor
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agreement or compensation plan. Such military leave pay shall be paid each year to a
full-time employee on a military leave of absence as set forth in the relevant labor
agreement or compensation plan. In the event an employee dies while on a military leave
of absence, the City shall pay any unpaid military leave pay to the employee's
beneficiary or beneficiaries.
B. Benefits during a military leave of absence. Except for benefits under
2.51.010 and 2.51.020 A, an employee on a military leave of absence is not eligible for
any other City compensation during his or her service with the uniformed services.
2.51.030. Benefits upon reemployment.
A. Benefits set forth under federal and state law. Full-time employees
returning from a military leave of absence shall receive all benefits required by federal
and state law, including City contributions to the employee's pension benefit plans for the
period of time the employee served with a uniformed service.
B. Additional benefits for employee returning from military leaves of
absence. Full-time employees who return from a military leave of absence and who
qualify for reemployment benefits under federal law shall receive the following
additional benefits. The City shall calculate the amount of vacation, holiday, sick leave,
and personal leave hours the employee would have earned had the employee remained
with the City for the period of one year from the date the military service began,prorated
if the employee's military leave of absence is less than one year. After calculation, the
resulting additional vacation, sick leave, holiday, or personal leave time will be added to
the employee's leave accounts upon reemployment with the City. At the discretion of the
Mayor, the City may within a reasonable period of time after an employee returns from a
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military leave of absence compensate the employee for the value of the employee's
vacation and holiday leave that is added to the employee's leave account. If the addition
of these added leaves to an employee's leave accounts would cause the employee, by
labor agreement or City policy, to forfeit or lose any portion of the added leave the
employee shall have at least one additional year after his or her return from a military
leave of absence to use such added leave before being subject to the forfeit or loss
provisions of applicable policy or labor agreement. In the event an employee dies while
on a military leave of absence, the City shall pay the value of any previously accrued and
unused vacation and holiday leave, plus the additional vacation and holiday leave the
City would have added to the employee's leave accounts upon a return to City
employment at the time of the employee's death, to the employee's beneficiary or
beneficiaries.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall become effective on the date of its first
publication, but those benefits not required by federal law or limited by insurance
providers shall be made retroactive to January 1, 2003.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah this sixth day of May, 2003.
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Transmitted to the Mayor on May 12, 2003 •
Mayor's Action: Af Approve Vetoed.
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ATTEST AND COUNTERSIGN: APPROVED AS TO FORM
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