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Denver committee briefed on Rule 10 changes to bereavement, PTO and care hours eligibility
Summary
Office of Human Resources presented proposed edits to career-service Rule 10 to align leave policies with state and federal law, clarify bereavement and PTO uses, add Indigenous Peoples Day, and change care hours eligibility to after 12 months of service; councilmembers pressed OHR on language for 'significant personal bond' and requested more usage data.
Heather Britton, director of benefits and wellness and leave for the Office of Human Resources, told the Governance and Intergovernmental Relations Committee on Jan. 20 that OHR has updated portions of career-service Rule 10 to align with state and federal law and to remove duplicative or unclear language.
The changes outlined by Britton include removing a shared-living-expense requirement for domestic partners to match the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, expanding the immediate-family definition to explicitly include siblings' children and miscarriage for bereavement leave, clarifying PTO use when a family member's school or care site closes, and adding PTO use for evacuation of a residence due to loss of power, heating or water. "So now it's clear in our service rule if you have a miscarriage or if your sibling's child dies, you can use bereavement leave for that," Britton said.
OHR also proposed administrative adjustments: renaming…
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