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than work with a fluctuating metro average, the committee proposes a straight 4.0% wage adjustment for 2024, regardless of the final metro average. For the second requestregarding bereavement leave, Ms. Zachman sharedthe trend in both public and private employers is to broaden the bereavement leave to be as inclusive as possible. The committee supported the more inclusive verbiage but felt the current three days wereappropriate given proposed changes to the vacation accrual schedule (summarized below). The committee also supported adding a tier for uncles, aunts, and cousins for one day. The third request was for changes to the nightwork and rest time policy. The first proposal was to provide a two-hour minimum rest time for nightwork (10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.) completed. The committee supported this change as proposed. The second proposal was to provide eight hours of rest time for employees working four or more hours of nightwork. The committee supports providing eight hours of rest time for employees working four or more hours of nightwork but only for work completed from 12:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. (instead of 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.). The fourth request was to review our vacation accrual schedule. Ms. Zachman shared it has become increasingly more common for public employers to provide three or more weeks of vacation for new employees. After discussing possible options, the committee determined adjusting the accrual schedule to provide three weeks of vacation for new hires was appropriate. Committee members determined adjustments should be focused on the lower tenured employees. The proposed schedule below adjusts the accrual rates for employees with 0-12 years of tenure(shown in light grey): 2023 Proposed 2024 0-4 yrs. 12 days0-4 yrs. 15 days 5 yrs. 13 days5-9 yrs. 16 days 6-9 yrs. 15 days10-11 yrs. 17 days 10 yrs. 16 days12-13 yrs. 19 days 11 yrs. 17 days14-15 yrs. 20 days 12 yrs. 18 days16-18 yrs. 22 days 13 yrs. 19 days19 yrs. 25 days 14-15 yrs.20 days20-21 yrs. 26 days 16-18 yrs.22 days22-23 yrs. 27 days 19 yrs. 25 days24+ yrs. 28 days 20-21 yrs. 26 days 22-23 yrs.27 days 24+ yrs. 28 days No action is requested in conjunction with this update. Approval of proposed 2024 wage and benefit adjustments is requested in the staff report for agenda item 5.4, Wage & Benefits Committee Proposed 2024 Adjustments. Market Analysis/Compensation Study: ______________________________________________________________________________ Page 2 of 3 69