Greenwood council adopts parental-leave ordinance with extra leave after C-section births

The Greenwood Common Council on May 6 passed Ordinance 26-14, adopting a new parental-leave policy to replace the city's prior maternity leave provision. The ordinance, introduced as a replacement for chapter 2 article 8 section 2-74 and to adopt section 2-81, was described as mirroring the state's roughly six-week parental-leave provision for each parent.

During the meeting a council member moved to add extra leave for mothers who deliver by cesarean section. Council member Ms. Manship moved the amendment to provide those mothers with 320 hours of leave (eight weeks); Ms. Gibson seconded the motion. Ms. Manship said, "women who have C-section birth have 320 hours. 320 hours." The amendment passed on a roll-call vote of 8-0.

After the amendment, the council suspended the rules to allow consideration through second reading and took a roll-call vote to adopt the ordinance as amended; the measure passed by unanimous vote. The transcript records the final action as "Ordinance 26-14 as amended just passed second reading on a vote of eight to zero."

The ordinance is sponsored by Campbell, Gibson, Hill, Hopper, Cash, Manship, Moon, and Williams, according to the meeting record. The measure's text, as explained in the meeting, aligns the city policy to what councilors described as the state-equivalent six-week baseline for parents and explicitly adds the new C-section provision approved in the amendment.

Council did not attach additional implementation details or an effective date in the discussion included in the transcript excerpt. Next procedural steps (such as administrative implementation, effective-on date, or accompanying personnel-policy updates) were not specified in the portion of the record provided.