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UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br />TO:FROM: <br />ERMU Commission Mark Hanson -GeneralManager <br />MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br />October 10, 20235.4 <br />SUBJECT: <br />Wage & BenefitsCommitteeProposed 2024 Adjustments <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />Approve all action items as outlined below to be effective January 1, 2024. <br />DISCUSSION: <br />A Wage & Benefits Committee meeting was held on Monday, October 2, 2023, to review <br />employee requests from the August 18 meeting. Staff presented the following requests: a wage <br />adjustment of thelineworker metro average plus $1.00 for all employees; tiered updates to the <br />bereavement leave policy, with the broadest category increasing to five days; changes to <br />nightwork and rest time policy; and a suggestion to review the vacation schedule for possible <br />changes to make ERMU more attractive to new(er) employees. <br /> <br />The discussions regarding each of the requests were presented in the staff report for agenda <br />item 5.3, Wage & Benefits Committee Update. This report is intended to clearly summarize the <br />recommended proposals for commission approval. <br /> <br />1) 2024 Wage Adjustment. The committee proposes a 4.0% wage adjustment for 2024, <br />regardless of the metro average, effective January 1, 2024. <br /> <br />2) Bereavement Leave Policy. The committee proposes updating the bereavement policy with <br />the more inclusive language regarding familial relationships and adding a one-day tier for <br />other family (aunts, uncles, and cousins) as presented below: <br /> <br />CategoryRelationship Days <br />Immediate and Spouse, domestic partner, child (including stepchild, foster-3 <br />Close Familychild, or other child for whom the employee serves as primary <br />guardian), parent (including stepparent, foster-parent or <br />other individual who served the role of an employee’s <br />parental figure), grandparent (including step-grandparent), <br />and grandchild(including step-grandchild), in-laws (parent, <br />grandparent, and sibling), nieces, and nephews. <br />Other Family Aunts, uncles, cousins 1 <br />______________________________________________________________________________ <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />77 <br />