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RESOLUTION NO. 4329
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, AUTHORIZING THE
REPLACEMENT OF GENERAL LEAVE FOR TEMPORARY AND SEASONAL
EMPLOYEES WITH PAID SICK LEAVE TO COMPLY WITH WASHINGTON STATE
INITIATIVE 1433.
WHEREAS, RCW 35A.11.020 vests the City Council with authority to fix the compensation
and working conditions of City employees; and
WHEREAS, Renton Municipal Code Section 3-6-3 requires the Human Resources and Risk
Management Administrator to develop and implement personnel policies that manage risks and
comply with applicable laws, but that authority does not extend to authorize changes in
monetary benefits provided to City employees; and
WHEREAS, the Human Resources and Risk Management Administrator is in the process
of updating and amending the City's administrative Policy No. 330-11(Types of Employment, Pay,
Benefits & Retirement)to bring it up to date; and
WHEREAS, Policy No. 330-11 provides "general leave" to temporary and seasonal
employees (currently referred to in the policy as "hourly/non-regular employees") who have
worked a total of 1,600 hours or more in the last two continuous calendar years as follows:
• 800 but less than 1200 hours/year= 20 hours general leave;
• 1200 or more hours/year= 40 hours genera) leave; and
WHEREAS,State of Washington voters passed Initiative 1433 on November 8, 2016. That
initiative, codified at RCW 49.46.210, requires that beginning January 1, 2018, every employer
provide each of its employees at least one hour of paid sick leave for every forty hours worked
as an employee; and
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RESOLUTION NO. 4329
WHEREAS, the City already provides regular, full-time employees with sick leave accrual
amounts that satisfy the sick leave requirements of Initiative 1433, but the law requires
additional sick leave benefits to be provided to temporary and seasonal employees; and
WHEREAS, in order to comply with Initiative 1433 while minimizing impacts on the City
departments that employ temporary and seasonal employees, the Human Resources and Risk
Management Administrator recommends prospectively discontinuing "general leave" that is
currently provided to temporary and seasonal employees and replacing"general leave"with paid
sick leave that meets the requirements of RCW 49.46.210; and
WHEREAS, the Human Resources and Risk Management Administrator further
recommends allowing employees who have already accrued general leave to stop accruing such
leave as of January 1, 2018, but be allowed to use the previously accrued general leave so long
as such leave is used by December 31, 2018;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DO
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. The City Council authorizes the Human Resources and Risk Management
Administrator to update the City's administrative personnel policies as recommended in the
recitals above.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this llth day of December , 2017.
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Jaso A. Seth ty Clerk
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RESOLUTION N0. 4329
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this llth day of December , 2017.
De s Law, Mayor
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