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RESOLUTION nro. 69-2
. RESOLUTION AMENDING RULE NUMSERED XI OF THE PERSONNEL
RULES ANA REGLiLATIONS ADOPTED PL'RSUANT TO CITY `
ORDINANCE NUMBERED 671 OF THE CLTY OF LYNWOOD
GOVERNING AND REGULATING "ATTEIdDAIdCE AND LEAVES."
RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Lynwood does.
�" '"" h'ereb'y' adopt' the `following amendment to Rule numbered XI of the
Personnel Rules and Regulations.
Section 1. Rule numbered XI, Section 1, is hereby amended
to read as follows:
" RULE XI A'I'TENDANCE AND LEAVES
" Annual cacation leave The purpose of annual vacation
leave is to enabie each eligib7.e employee'annually to return to his
work mentally refreshed. All employ?es in the classlfied service
shall be entitled to annual vacation leave with pay. Employees not
eligible fon vacation leave with pay are:
-" `-""` �" -' � � - "Employees still their_ original probationary ~`
period in the service of the city; however, vacation
credits for the time sha.11 be granted to each such
employee who later received a permanent appointment.
_ "Employees who work on an in*ermittent or seasonal basis,
and all hourly employees.
"A11 eligible polioe and fire department employees shall earn
vacation credits a.t the rate of 15 calendar^ days per year, All other
eligible employees including the City Manager, City Clerk, and City
Treasurer shall earn vacation credits at the rate of 14 calendar
days (10 work days) per year. Employees having,a continuous 10-year
service record will be allowed a vacation credit of 21 calendar days
(15 work days) per year. Employees.having a continuous 15-year service
record will be allowed a vacation credit of 2g calendar days (20 work
days) per.year.
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"Each eligible employee shall be required to have served
the equivalent.of one year of continuous service in the city in order
to be elig�ble for his full annual vacat��n leave; provided, however,
that after six months of continuous service, he may be permitted to
take vacation leave not to exceed seven calendar days. In no event,
however, will paid vacation be granted in excess of earned vacation
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"The times during a calendar year at which an employee may
take his_,vacation shall be det,Armined by th? department head with
due regard to the wishes of the employees and particu�ar regard for
the needs of the service. Subject to the provisions.of the next
paragraph, any employee eligibl° f'or aacati�n credit may, not later
than the f�r•st day of Oc'tober of any calendar year, make a request of
, his department head and the City Manag°r jointly, which request must
be in wri't�ng a.nd in duplicate, ona copy of which shail be'filed in
the Office of *h2 City Manager and the other copy of which shall be
---- --filed—with--the=departmenz`head,:'for permi'ssion to�de£er taking not � V �
to exceed one week o£ the vacation time ro which he is entitled during
the year the requ2st is made and i"iled, t,o the following calendar
year. The department head and the City Manager, acting jointly, or in
their absence, or in case of their inabil_1�y to aat, for any reason,
the acting head o*' said.employee's department, or the next in authority
and the Administrative Assistant, ac`ing jo�ntly, shall, within five
days after the £iling of the requesY,, gi��° the employee written
notice of tneir decision, either to grant or to deny the request. If
the request.is granted the.employee shall be entitled to said one
week',s vacation during the calendar year immediately £ollowing the
caiendar year the employee's -request was filed, in addition to any
vacation time to which said emp.loyee is entitled during said calendar
year to which the one week has been d.°£erred. Under no circumstances,
_ howevec, may any employee accrue mcre than twenty-eight �28) calendar
days (20 working days) of vaoation leave in one calendar year.
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"Employees eligible for vacatlon lea�re musi take a minimum of
one week of acerued vacation time each '�ime vacation is requested. De-
viation from this policy is allcwed or_iy with the written approval of
the department head and the City Ma.nager, acting jointly.
"In �he event cne or mcre municipal holidays fall within an
annuai vacation leave, such holidays shall not be charged as vacation
leave, and the vacation leave shall be extended accordingly. This pro-
-.�._ -.. vision-.does-n�t -app�-y- to uniformed personnel in the police and' fire - �
depa,rtmentso
"Employees who te_rminate 2mployment sha11 be paid in a lump
sum for all accrued vacation leave earned prior to the effective date
cf termination.
" Overtime pay provisions Ccmp°nsation for time worked over
and above the iimits .et forth in the Ru1e is provided in the salary
resolution adopted by tne City Council tc wh;ch rePerence is hereby made
for greater particularir,y��'
Secti�n 2 . Rule numbered RI,.Secticn 2, is hereby amended to
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" Siek Leave Sick leave with pay shall be granted by the City
Manager at the rate ef cne work day £or each calendar month of service.
' Sick leave shall not•be considered as a privilege which an employee
may use at his discretion, but shall be allowed only in case of necessity
and actual sickness or disability, Unused sick leave shall be accumulated
at the rate of twel�%e days a year for an unlimited number of working days.
"At the time of regular service retirement, (excluding dis-
ability retirement, resignation, or separation f°or cause} the retiring
employee� wi11 be compensated f�� one-hal£ of his unused sick leave which
has been accrued to the effecti�e d3t.e oi retlrement � The me*_hod of
compensaticn shall be on a straight tirne pay basis at the rate of pay
in e£fect at time of regular rerir°ment.
"A classified employee is eligible to receive accru°d sick
leave benefits after one month of service with the city. In no e��ent
will sick leave with pay be grantPd in ex^ess to that which is accrued.,
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"idhenever an. employee.�� disaoled by injury or �llness
arising cut o� and in the cours° of his duties, as de�ermined by the
State Compensa'tion Insurance fiund or the Industrial Accident Commission,
such time o1'f is not deductible from accumulated sick leave for a period
of not to exceed ninety (90) days.
, "Sick leave for members of the fire department who work on
the,pl shall be so computed that their actual sick leave �
credits wi11 not exr,eed similar priviiegPS of other classified employees.
Each shift taken as sick leave equals 1.85 work days.
"In order tc receive �ompensa,t;�n while absent on sick leave
the employee shall notify his immediate superior prior to, or within
four hours af�er the tim� set for beginnin� nis daily duties, or as
may�be specified by.the head of h�s departm°nt. When absence is for
more than one work day, the,employee sha1.J t'ile a physician's certificate
or a personai affidavi't with the Per•sonnei Officer stating the cause of
his absence.
°The City Manager, City Clerk, and City Treasurer,shall have_ _
�the same sick leave privileges as classified employees.
" Military Leave Military leave,shall be granted in accord-
ance with the provisions of State law. A11 employees entitled to
military leave shall give the City Manager an opportunity within the
limits o£ military regulations to determine wh.en such leave sha11 be
taken.
" Leave of Ab�ence The City Council may grant a permanent
employee.leave o£ absence without pay i'or a period not to exceed 60
calendar days, Before completion of the !°irst 60-day leave of absence
and where extenuatin� c�rcumstances, are shown, the,City Council may .
grant a,s'econd 60-day leave. Id� sueh leave shall be granted except
upon written,request of *he employee. A copy of the Council's action
shall be furnished the employee and the Personnel Officer. Upon.
expiration of` �^egularly approved leave, the employee shall be rein-
stated in tne pesition held at the time leave was granted. Failure on
the-part of an employee on leave to report promptly at the expiration
shall be cause for discharge.
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" Hours of Work Ail offices of :he city, except those, for
which special regulations are required, shall be kept open for business
on all days of the year except Saturdays, Sundays, and holi.days, con-
tinuously frcm 8 a.m� until 5 p.m.
"Except in,case of emergency as determined by the Police
Chief, uniformed members of the police department shall work f'ive
eight-hour shifts per week as.schedu.led by the Police Chief, During
""` an`y"`t"ime" `of'eme`rgency they shall wcrk as d:rected by the Chief.
"Oeticers and members of the Fire Department shall work in
alternate twenty-f'our (24) hour shifts, the shi.fts being so arranged
by the Fire Chief as to provide f^r no more than sixty-five (65)
on-duty hours per week beginning January 1, 1968. Members of the Fire
Department are subject to cail a*; ali times and shall not be permitted
to go of£-duty during the progress of a fire wi.thout permission of
the Fire Chief',
".All elassified city emp]_o��ees, except members of the police
and fire departrnentw, shalb work live (5) �ighr, (Si hour shifts per
_ ._ week, Monday—through�-Friday_,_except.:as_.determined by o.ther re'solutions `
and ordinances enacted by the City Council and by dire�tives of the
City Manager acting within the fra.mework of said resolutions and
ordinances .
" Attendance : Employees shall be in attendance at their work
in accordance with the rules regarding hours of work, holidays and leaves.
The following department heads shall keep daily attendance records of
employees: The Chief of Police and the Chief of the Fire Department.
' The Personne]. Officer may, within hi.s discretion, make written request
to the head o2' any or all departments that they keep daily attendance
� records of employees in the department. When said requests are filed
with the d2partment heads they shall furthwith comply with said request
and continue to do so until notified, in writing, by the Personnel
Officer that said reaords will no longer be required. The Personnel
Office may, however, in his discretion, request the department head to
follow some othar method of recording attendance of employees, where-
' upon departm°nt head shall comply, All such requests by the Personnel
Officer thall be in writing and filed in the office of the department
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� head. The Personnel Officer, acting within'his discretion, may request
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that such attendance records of employees as,are required or requested ,
, by hirri,,shall be reported to laim�by the department head at such�intervals
and'in stich form�as the Personnel Officer shall designate; provided,• how- '
ever, that said time of re�orting and the form thereof shall; as'far as �
. possible,'be'standard and uniform. 'Failure,ori the part of an employee;��,
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,. `ab'aent without leave, to return to duty within 24 hours after,notice.to
return, shall be ca}ise for immediate.dia'charge, unle'ss acceptable:reason '
' is.given. �
� " Holidays : Municipal offices, e�:cept police`and fire depart- �
� ments, shall be closed on the following'legal holidays: New Yearts Day,.
,� Lincolnzs Birthday, Washingtonr�s Birthday, Memorial Day; Independence Day,
Admission Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Armistice Day, Thanksgiving, '•
Chris.tmaa,'arid every other day a, foll,ows: (T) Every day upon which an, .
election to be.held throughout the,State; (2) every day�which has tieen
declared to be a holiday by an act',of'Congress of the�United,States, by �
' an'act of the Legislai�ure of the State of California, and by the procla- k
raation of the Governor of the State, Cala.forni.3, _where,9.n he_ha,s._power__ ___
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to do so,. When a holiday falls on Sunday the,following Monday shall,be
,' observed.,•The holiday schedule applies to a�ll employees e;�cept uniformed I
� police and departmerit employees who are.allowed a•,credit of nine
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' calendar days per year in'lieu of•holidays„ beginning,January l, 1'968.
. Such holiday.credit ma� be applied as additional vacation or a shortened
. work wee�, at�•the discretion of the departrnent head. ., . • •
° �" Bereavement Leave •In the event of a deaih in the employeets
immediate family, the City Manager may. grant a three-"day bereavement leave
: w'ith pay. ".Immediate family" is defined as,mother or father of employee
�;,_, , mate., brother, sister, or children o£ employees." ry
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��.�" � f._Firat read at a regular meetino"of November 19 1968 and. �
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'approved_ nd�adopted t��is 7th day of January, 1969. / ( g'
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A � `� '� ,'�� j • l�fayor Pro Zempore, i� o�' ynwoo
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, Gity.iCler.k, City of ynwood' , '
- APPROVED AS TO FORM: . � ,
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City,Attorney ' . .
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of
Lynwood, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing
resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of said
city at a regular meeting thereof held
in the City Hall of said city on the 7th day of
January � 19 6g � and passed by the £ollowing vote: I
AYES: COUNCILMEN Byork, Green, Smith, Stevens.
NOES: COUNCILMEN None.
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN Siokos.
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_ �' CITY 'CLERK, CITY OF L WOOD <
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