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Michigan City parks board approves birth‑and‑placement leave, tables major sick‑bank and holiday changes
Summary
The Michigan City Parks and Recreation Board approved a new birth‑and‑placement leave policy but voted to table several citywide employee‑benefit changes — including the proposed sick‑bank payout limits and holiday‑to‑personal‑day changes — after staff and members raised concerns about tracking, retiree payouts and grandfathering for long‑banked sick days.
The Michigan City Parks and Recreation Board on Dec. 17 approved an addition to employee benefits that creates a birth‑and‑placement leave, but delayed action on several related citywide personnel changes after members and staff raised implementation and fairness concerns.
Superintendent Shannon Eason told the board the city is consolidating departmental handbooks into a single policy framework and that Policy 3‑01 would “add the title birth and placement leave to the list of benefits.” Eason said the package includes multiple changes: removing four paid…
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