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Benton County adopts revised employee handbook; sick-leave conversion delayed for further study
Summary
Supervisors adopted a new county employee handbook effective Jan. 1, 2025, but removed the proposed sick-leave-to-HRA conversion (section 4.3) pending additional vendor and budget analysis; vacation schedule changes remain effective Jan. 1.
Benton County—9s Board of Supervisors adopted a revised employee handbook on Jan. 7, setting most of the updated personnel policies to take effect Jan. 1, 2025, but deferred a proposal to convert banked sick leave into a retiree HRA (section 4.3) until staff can present implementation details and a budget plan.
The new handbook consolidates the county—9s separate transportation handbook into a single master employee…
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