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Owasso council approves personnel-manual updates including three-week paid parental leave and expanded sick-leave benefits

Owasso City Council · November 5, 2025
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Council approved a package of personnel-manual changes that establishes up to three weeks of paid parental leave for city employees, extends a 15% sick-leave retirement payout to civilian staff, and raises the sick-leave incentive cap, with staff estimating modest annual budget impacts.

The Owasso City Council approved updates to the city's personnel manual that include a new paid parental-leave policy, an expanded sick-leave payout option for civilian employees at retirement, and an increase to the sick-leave incentive cap.

Michelle Dempster, who presented the package, said staff proposes "up to 3 consecutive weeks of paid parental leave for bonding with a new child" to overlap with the first three…

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