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Supervisors hear wide public support and actuarial concerns on charter amendment to allow buyback of unpaid parental leave
Summary
A proposed charter amendment would let eligible city employees, including safety members, purchase retirement service credit for unpaid parental leave taken before paid parental‑leave benefits; the retirement system flagged cost and precedent issues. The item was continued for further analysis.
The Board of Supervisors Rules Committee discussed a charter amendment on June 27 that would allow eligible city employees — including safety members — to purchase retirement service credit for unpaid parental leave taken prior to the city’s paid parental‑leave policy.
Sponsor remarks described the proposal as a correction of an historical inequity that left many women who took unpaid leave with reduced credited service for retirement. The sponsor said the draft was amended to open eligibility to all city employees, cap retroactive…
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