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Denver OHR proposes Rule 10 edits, shifts care‑hours eligibility to 12 months and aligns with state and federal law
Summary
The Office of Human Resources briefed the Denver City Council Governance Committee on changes to Rule 10 that align paid‑leave rules with state and federal law, rename Care Bank to 'care hours,' set eligibility at 12 months/anniversary date, and expand bereavement definitions; council members requested exact draft language and additional data on employee impact.
The Office of Human Resources on Tuesday presented proposed edits to Rule 10, the city’s career‑service paid‑leave rule, including a change that ties use of the city’s paid family benefit—renamed “care hours”—to 12 months of service and the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
Heather Britton, director of benefits, wellness and leave, told the Governance and Intergovernmental Relations Committee that several edits are administrative and intended to match state and federal requirements. “So all I’ll do today is just provide you all with an overview of the changes that we made to rule 10,” Britton said. She said OHR removed a prior requirement that domestic partners show a shared living expense to qualify for leave so the rule matches the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act.
The administration described multiple substantive edits. OHR said it renamed “Care Bank” to “care hours,” clarified that care hours are available on an employee’s anniversary date rather than under a probationary schedule, and removed probationary eligibility so…
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