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Council member proposes broader employee protections and bereavement changes; administration cautions legal review, timeline
Summary
Council Member Erin Anderson proposed expanding the personnel manual to list additional protected identities and create bereavement leave for pregnancy loss; staff and the mayor’s office said legal review is required, the unions must be notified and the process could take several months.
Council Member Erin Anderson introduced a personnel‑policy proposal during council talk time on Jan. 28 asking the city to expand the non‑discrimination and harassment language in the Redmond personnel manual and to add bereavement leave specifically covering pregnancy loss and abortion.
Anderson read proposed text into the record and asked the council to consider edits to sections on nondiscrimination (2.2.10), harassment (2.2.20), hiring procedures (3.40, including “ban the box”/Fair Chance Act references) and bereavement…
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