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