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CCRPC Executive Committee adopts personnel policy changes adding family leave insurance, PTO bank and retirement increase
Summary
The committee approved changes to personnel policy including replacing short-term disability with medical leave insurance, adding family leave insurance covering 70% pay for eligible staff (with PTO top-up), creating a PTO bank up to 30 days, and increasing employer retirement contributions by 2%.
The Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission (CCRPC) Executive Committee approved a package of personnel policy changes intended to expand paid leave and adjust compensation ranges at its June 5 meeting.
Charlie Baker, CCRPC Executive Director, said staff identified paid family medical leave as their top priority. The approved changes replace existing short-term disability with a medical leave insurance option (estimated annual cost $10,569), add a family leave insurance policy (estimated $4,418) that would insure 70% of pay for 21 employees with an option to “top up” to 100% using accrued paid time off, and create an organizational PTO bank of up to 30 days to cover extraordinary circumstances. The proposal also includes a 2% increase to the employer retirement contribution and two new job descriptions for Senior Business Manager and Program Manager.
During discussion, Baker explained that the medical leave insurance includes a seven-day elimination period while the family leave insurance does not; employees could use PTO to bring income to full pay if they choose. Human resources and communications staff clarified policy language intended to cover unpaid-leave scenarios and health insurance payment. Finance staff also noted a minor title correction in the salary table for the Senior Business Manager position.
Jacki Murphy moved to approve all proposed changes to staff benefits and the CCRPC Personnel Policy; Bard Hill seconded the motion, which carried unanimously.
The committee did not set additional implementation dates during the meeting; further administrative details and any effective dates will be handled by staff as they finalize policy language and make administrative arrangements.
