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City staff propose clarifying sick-leave conversion and shared-leave rules, suggest modest cap increase
Summary
City HR staff told the council they will clarify policy language so employees must remain employed through the November payout to convert leave elected in April, add IRS-based definitions for shared leave measured on a calendar-year basis, and consider raising the maximum cash-out cap from $2,500 to about $3,000.
City HR staff presented two policy clarifications and a possible modest increase to the sick-leave cash-out cap during the Idaho Falls City Council work session on Jan. 20. Director Jones said the primary change would make explicit that employees must remain employed through the November payout to receive a leave conversion they elected in April. "The intent is that if you're not here for the payout in November, you can't do the conversion even if you left it in April," Jones said.
Jones also…
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