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Committee approves wildfire recovery relief time for employees affected by January fires
Summary
The Personnel and Hiring Committee approved a CAO-backed program allowing affected City of Los Angeles employees to use a separate bank of compensated time (up to 480 hours full time, 240 hours part time) for wildfire recovery tasks; program is retroactive to Jan. 7 and expires June 30, 2026.
The Los Angeles Personnel and Hiring Committee on June 18 approved a City Administrative Officer (CAO) recommendation to create a temporary Wildfire Recovery Relief Time program for city employees affected by the January 7, 2025 Pacific Palisades and Eaton Canyon fires.
The program, presented by Jasmine Bennett of the CAO's Employee Relations Division, allows eligible full-time employees to use up to 480 hours of paid relief time and eligible part-time employees up to 240 hours. It will be effective retroactive to Jan. 7, 2025, and will expire on June 30, 2026.
The CAO described the program as a negotiated benefit developed with labor…
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