(A) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Any physical injury, serious physical injury, stalking, sexual abuse, strangulation, assault, or the infliction of fear of imminent physical injury, serious physical injury, sexual abuse, strangulation, or assault between family members or members of an unmarried couple.
CRIME. Any offense punishable as a criminal offense by the Kentucky Revised Statutes or LMCO.
FAMILY MEMBER. A spouse, including a former spouse, a grandparent, a grandchild, a parent, a child, a stepchild, or any other person living in the same household.
(B) Louisville Metro Government will allow employees up to seven days of paid leave per calendar year if the employee is a victim of domestic violence or a crime to:
(1) Seek medical attention for the employee to recover from physical or psychological injury caused by domestic violence or the crime;
(2) Obtain services from a victim services organization;
(3) Obtain psychological or other counseling;
(4) Temporarily or permanently relocate;
(5) Take legal action, including preparing for or participating in a civil or criminal legal proceeding related to or resulting from the domestic violence or crime; or
(6) Take any other action to meet needs reasonably resulting from the domestic violence or crime.
(C) If the employee has exhausted the seven-day leave provided in subsection (B), as well as any other accrued time off including but not limited to sick leave, personal leave, and vacation leave, then Louisville Metro Government will provide the employee an additional 30 days of unpaid leave per calendar year to take any actions described in subsection (B)(1)-(6).
(D) For any part-time employee, the amount of paid and unpaid leave entitlements will be prorated in a manner congruent with the employee's regularly scheduled hours.
(E) Both the seven-day paid leave authorized in subsection (B) and the 30-day unpaid leave authorized in subsection (C) are available on an annual basis. Any portion of the leave that remains unused at the end of a calendar year does not accumulate or carry forward to the following calendar year.
(F) Any employee intending to take leave under this section shall give reasonable notice to Louisville Metro Government as long as such notice is feasible. Louisville Metro Government may require any employee taking leave under this section to provide documentation certifying that the employee is a victim of domestic violence or a crime. Such documentation should be provided no later than two business days after the employee has taken leave under this section. Louisville Metro Government may also require the employee to provide documentation that the leave is used to take actions described in subsection (B)(1)-(6). Examples of appropriate documentation include, but are not limited to:
(1) A copy of a criminal complaint;
(2) A copy of an Emergency Protective Order/Domestic Violence Protective Order;
(3) Documentation from a victim services organization indicating that the employee utilized its services; or
(4) Documentation that the employee received medical or psychological care resulting from the crime or domestic violence.
(G) Louisville Metro Government shall maintain the confidentiality of any verbal communication, written document, or record submitted by an employee relative to the employee's request for leave pursuant to this section, except when disclosure is required by other law.
(H) Louisville Metro Government shall not discharge or in any manner discriminate or retaliate against an employee who is a victim of a crime or domestic violence because the employee takes leave from work under this section.
(I) Leave granted under this section shall run concurrently with Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA") leave to the extent that the leave is taken for an FMLA-qualifying condition.
(Lou. Metro Ord. No. 53-2022, approved 4-29-2022)