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Council approves revised employee handbook, adding hybrid sick leave rules and expanded bereavement
Summary
Council approved revisions to the employee handbook effective Jan. 1, 2025: hybrid plan sick leave accrues 10 hours per month (120-hour cap), leave donation rules clarified, bereavement expanded to aunts and uncles, and holiday pay eligibility clarified for certain employee categories.
The Bristol City Council approved revisions to the municipal employee handbook that will take effect Jan. 1, 2025.
Human Resources Director Angela Blevins summarized changes made since the handbook’s June adoption. Under the revised Hybrid Plan, sick leave accrues at 10 hours per month, with a maximum accrual limit of 120 hours within the fiscal year. The leave-donation policy allows hybrid employees to receive donated leave when other leave is exhausted and the absence is not eligible for short-term disability through the Virginia Retirement System. Bereavement leave eligibility was expanded to include aunts and uncles. The revision also clarifies which categories of employees are not eligible for paid holidays, such as part-time and temporary employees and employees not in pay status the full workday before and after a paid holiday.
Councilmember Neal Osborne moved and Vice Mayor Jake Holmes seconded approval of the revised handbook; the motion passed 5–0.
