HomeMy WebLinkAbout4169 health care for minor children, amending Chapter 2.40
B.M.C. and declaring an emergency.
WHEREAS, the Washington State Legislature has mandated
by Substitute House Bill 91319 that employers shall allow an
employee to use the employee's accrued sick leave to care for a
child of the employee under the age of eighteen (18) with a
health condition that requires treatment or supervision; and
WHERE~, said Bill takes effect on September 1, 1988;
now, therefore
TME CITY OF BREMERTON DOES HEREBY ORDAIN:
SECTION 1: B.M.C. 2.40.180 is amended to read as
follows:
2.40.180 TREATMENT BY DENTISTS OR OCULISTS. Payment
for sick leave shall be allowed for absences up to two hours for
ordinary professional treatment by a dentist or oculist. Sick
leave payment may be granted for confinement at home or in a
hospital for disability to which a dentist or oculist is
qualified to certify. Payment of sick leave shall not be allowed
for employees off duty because of sickness of other members of
the family except as provided in §2.40.185.
2.40.185 USE OF SICK LEAVE FOR MINOR CHILDREN.
Payment of sick leave shall be allowed to care for an employee's
child under the age of eighteen (18) with a health condition that
requires treatment or supervision.
SECTION 2: EMERGENCY- EFFECTIVE DATE. Immediate
passage of this ordinance is necessary to comply with the
September 1, 1988, deadline approved by the state legislature for
providing sick leave for child health care. This ordinance shall
take effect immediately upon passage and publication.
APPROVED by the City Council this ~ cf~ day of !. ~<.z z,, /? ~ ~ ,
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1988.
HANK WAIBEL
President, City Council
/? ~ day of ~ .~.<~?'~../ 1988
APPROVED this ~ . ~ , .
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GEN~E ~OBE, Mayor
ATTEST:
KATHLEEN L. McCLUSKEY, Cl~k
ORDINANCE #: /'///~"
PUBLICATION DATE