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Council amends employee handbook language on emergency weather pay
Summary
Council adopted Ordinance 2025-OR-3 to amend the employee handbook section on emergency weather, clarifying compensation when the county or town issues weather emergencies or travel advisories.
The Town of Sellersburg Town Council on Jan. 27 adopted Ordinance 2025-OR-3 amending the town employee handbook's emergency weather section.
Under the revised language presented by staff, if Clark County—or the county in which an employee lives—declares a weather emergency, state of emergency or travel advisory, the town will compensate employees for scheduled work hours when they miss work because of the declared emergency. If the county in which an employee lives has not declared a weather emergency, employees who miss work must use paid time off to cover absences and must otherwise follow the general attendance policy.
Councilman Randy moved and Councilman Terry seconded adoption; the council waived the second reading and approved the ordinance that night. Staff said no other sections of the handbook were affected by the amendment.
The ordinance directs employees to use sound judgment when assessing whether to leave work early or stay home, and it delegates existing enforcement and interpretation of attendance rules to the town's standard personnel procedures.
