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Gluckstadt aldermen direct drafting of six-week paid parental leave policy, discuss leave accrual changes
Summary
The board discussed updating leave accruals and compensatory-time policy and authorized legal counsel to draft a Paid Parental Leave policy permitting up to six weeks of paid leave for city employees; the leave-accrual amendments will be revisited at the April meeting.
The Gluckstadt Board of Aldermen on March 10 discussed proposed changes to employee leave accruals and the compensatory-time policy and authorized city counsel to draft a Paid Parental Leave policy.
Discussion included proposals to increase paid time off (PTO) accrual rates to stay competitive with surrounding municipalities, raise the compensatory-time annual cap from 50 to 75 hours, and change the accrual calendar from a calendar year to a fiscal-year structure to give employees more time to use accrued hours. The board requested that the employee handbook and supporting information be recirculated for further review and scheduled the item for reconsideration at the April meeting.
Separately, the board voted to authorize legal counsel to draft a Paid Parental Leave policy permitting up to six weeks of paid parental leave; the motion to allow legal counsel to draft the policy was moved by Alderman Jayce Powell and seconded by Alderman John Taylor, and recorded as carried.
What happens next: city attorneys will draft the leave policy language and staff will circulate the employee handbook materials for board review before the April meeting; any final adoption of a leave-policy ordinance or resolution would require a subsequent vote.
