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North East board directs staff to draft 12-week unpaid family-leave policy running concurrent with accrued leave
Summary
Mayor recommended and the board agreed to have the town administrator draft a policy allowing up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave, to run concurrent with sick, vacation and personal leave; the board directed the policy be retroactive to Oct. 26, 2016.
Mayor Robert F. McKnight said the town should offer family leave protections but not paid leave and recommended adopting a modification of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act adapted for the town's exempt status. The proposal would allow eligible town employees up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave to run concurrent with accrued sick, vacation and personal leave; if paid leave is exhausted an employee could take unpaid leave for the remainder of the 12 weeks and return to their position.
The board agreed by consensus and directed Town Administrator Melissa B. Cook-MacKenzie to draft the policy and make it retroactive to Oct. 26, 2016. The board did not adopt a final policy at the meeting; the directive was a board consensus to prepare a draft for future consideration.
Ken Natale and staff did not provide a cost estimate at the meeting for implementing the leave modification. The board's action instructs the administrator to prepare policy language and return with specifics on eligibility, administrative process, and any budget impacts for formal adoption at a subsequent meeting.
