Sarpy County personnel policy package recommended by Personnel Policy Board; many changes cleared for next step

The Sarpy County Personnel Policy Board on May 21, 2025, recommended approval of revisions to a broad set of county personnel policies, voting to advance changes on topics from separation from county service to DOT drug-testing rules. Jody Riddell, Sarpy County human resources director, presented the package and explained edits and clarifications to individual policies.

The policy package covered separation from county service, a new reasonable-accommodations framework (which was tabled for revision — see separate article), a solicitation and distribution rule, drug-free workplace and non‑DOT and DOT drug-and-alcohol testing policies, a cameras-in-the-workplace policy (revised to strengthen a prohibition on employee audio/video recording on county property), a weapons-in-the-workplace policy, military leave and family/medical leave (FMLA) procedure updates, unpaid-leave rules, workplace injury reporting, group insurance and retirement/deferred compensation explanations, education reimbursement limits, employee assistance program clarifications, alternative worksite arrangements, an employee recognition/resolution timing change (monthly to quarterly), use-of-county-vehicles standards, and the existing employee reference-check policy (no substantive change).

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