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City proposes leave accrual changes to credit prior state and local service
Summary
City staff recommended updating Article 6 of personnel policies to credit verified sick leave and service from employees’ prior work with the NC Local Government Retirement System or Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System toward Concord sick and vacation accruals, increasing recruitment competitiveness.
City staff presented a proposed update to Article 6 (Leaves of Absence) of the City of Concord Personnel Policies to give full credit for prior credible service and verified sick leave accrued with North Carolina retirement-system-participating employers.
Chantel, presenting the proposal, said the update would allow “all verified sick leave from previous service with the North Carolina government employees retirement system and or North Carolina teachers and state employees retirement system to be credited in the co workers sick leave accrual bank.” The recommendation would change the city’s current practice of crediting only 50% of previous service toward vacation accrual; new hires and existing employees would receive credit for 100% of prior credible service when documented by NC ledgers and TRS/ERS records.
Chantel told council that, under current practice, employees with prior service enter the city with no sick leave in their bank, and the change would allow verified sick leave to be banked at full value. A council member said the proposal would improve Concord’s competitiveness for recruiting experienced employees, noting examples of employees moving between county and city government and the impact on vacation accruals.
The proposal was presented for council consideration; the transcript records the staff presentation and council discussion but does not show a final vote in the provided excerpt.
