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UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br />TO:FROM: <br />ERMU CommissionTheresa Slominski– General Manager <br />MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br />April 13, 2021 2.8 <br />SUBJECT: <br />Employee Handbook Annual Updates <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />Adopt the revised ERMU Employee Handbook <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Annually, staff and legal counsel review the existing personnel policies incorporated into the <br />ERMU Employee Handbook for compliance with changing labor laws. The Wage and Benefits <br />Committee may recommend the Commission adopt employee benefit changes. Staff may <br />recommend operational changes that affect the personnel policy be adopted by the <br />Commission for incorporation into the handbook. <br />DISCUSSION: <br />There are only a few changes to the handbook since its last revision in January 2020, mostly <br />related to the changes recommended by the Wage and Benefits Committee and approved by <br />the Commission last fall. The changes are: <br /> Add one sentence each to the Receipt & Acknowledgement and Section 1 regarding the <br />handbook not creating a contract for terms of employment, per updated labor law. <br /> Revise Date in footer& on cover page. <br /> Revise Table of Contents and page numbers. <br /> Revise Section 23 to add Comp Time. <br /> Revise Section 28 to change on call hours from 12 to 14. <br /> Revise Section 28 to change the extra day awarded from working a holiday to “vacation” <br />instead of comp time now that we have comp time. <br /> Revise Section 37 to add tier for vacation 16-18 years. <br />Attached is a revised version of the ERMU Employee Handbook reflecting the proposed <br />changes. <br /> <br />ATTACHMENTS: <br /> Revised – ERMU Policy – G.4f1 - Employee Handbook <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Page 1 of 1 <br /> <br />67 <br />