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Brown Deer board approves employee handbook changes on vacation accruals, parental leave and retention pay

Village of Brown Deer Board of Trustees · December 16, 2025
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Summary

Trustees approved revisions to the employee handbook that accelerate vacation accruals, create an option for advanced unpaid vacation, add two weeks of paid maternity/paternity leave (including for stillbirth/adoption), adjust health savings account indexing and outline retention-recognition bonuses; staff will monitor carryover and report back.

The Village of Brown Deer approved a package of employee handbook changes intended to improve recruitment and retention, the board heard Dec. 5.

Village management described several notable changes: accelerated vacation accrual so employees reach higher vacation amounts earlier in a career, an option to take an additional unpaid vacation week…

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