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Board adopts clarifying personnel policy rewrites on return‑to‑work and predismissal notice
Summary
Human resources presented clarifying rewrites to Wayne County's personnel policy on FMLA return‑to‑work for safety‑sensitive employees, paid leave during investigations and predismissal notice procedures; commissioners asked for definitions and staff confirmed the policy codifies existing practices.
Wayne County human resources staff asked the board on July 21 to adopt clarifying rewrites to existing personnel policies intended to codify current practice around return‑to‑work, leave during investigations and predismissal notice.
HR staff said proposed clarifications to Article 7 would require safety‑sensitive employees returning from medical leave to provide a doctor's note confirming they are safe to resume duties. The rewrite also reorganizes language about paid leave during investigations to clarify it is non‑disciplinary. Revisions to Article 9 spell out predismissal notice procedures for progressive discipline and unsatisfactory performance, while excluding immediate conduct or negligence separations from the predismissal process.
Commissioners asked whether the policy already required in‑person predismissal notices in certain cases and whether 'egregious' conduct was defined; HR staff said the definitions are contained in the policy and the rewrites are intended to make existing practice clearer. The board moved and adopted the resolution to amend the personnel policy.
