Req. # 12028
O"INANCE NO. 2 7 7 5 3
AN ORDINANCE relating to pay and compensation; implementing a change in
how employees are compensated when off work for an extended period
2 due to an injury on the job; and amending Sections 1. 1 2.090, 1.12.230, and
1.12.248 of the Tacoma Municipal Code.
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4 WHEREAS, under Section 1.12.090 of the Tacoma Municipal
5 Code ("TIVIC"), eligible employees who are injured on the job are paid a
6 supplement amount for 120 working days, which, when combined with Workers'
7 Compensation time loss payments, equals 85 percent of the employee's normal
8 wage,and
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WHEREAS the TIVIC provides that after the first 120 working days, the
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employee must use accrued sick or Personal Time Off ("PTO") leave to
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1 2 continue this supplement, at a rate of four hours for each additional day the
1 3 employee is absent, regardless of the amount of the supplement received, and
14 WHEREAS the proposed amendment to the TIVIC will allow employees to
1 5 choose whether or not to continue this wage supplement and will change the
16 method used to determine the number of hours of sick leave or PTO used so that
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the hours used will be based on the monthly amount of supplement received
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19 divided by the employee's hourly wage, and
20 WHEREAS, on October 15, 2008, the Government Performance and
21 Finance Committee recommended a "do pass" of the proposed amendment; Now,
22 Therefore,
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