(a) Beginning on the Operative Date of Amendments, except as provided in Section 32.5, a person who has been an Employee of an Employer for six months or more shall be permitted a Flexible or Predictable Working Arrangement to assist with caregiving responsibilities for 1) a Child or Children for whom the Employee has assumed parental responsibility, 2) a person or persons with a Serious Health Condition in a Family Relationship with the Employee, or 3) a person or persons age 65 or older in a Family Relationship with the Employee.
(b) An Employee shall submit to the Employer a notice of the Employee’s need for a Flexible or Predictable Working Arrangement under this Section 32.4, which shall be in writing and specify the arrangement requested. The arrangement may include, but is not limited to, a change in the Employee’s terms and conditions of employment as they relate to the number of hours the Employee is required to work, which may include by way of example and not limitation part-time work, part-year employment, or job sharing arrangements; the Employee’s work schedule, which may include modified hours, variable hours, predictable hours, or other schedule changes or flexibilities; the Employee’s work location, which may include by way of example and not limitation Telework; and modifying the Employee’s work assignments or duties. The notice shall state the date on which the Employee requests that the arrangement becomes effective and the duration of the arrangement, and the notice shall explain how the request is related to care giving.
(c) An Employer may require an Employee to attest to or verify the Employee’s caregiving responsibilities prior to agreeing to a Flexible or Predictable Working Arrangement.
(d) An Employee may announce the initial notice orally, after which the Employer shall either, in writing or orally, refer the Employee to the posting required by Section 32.8 and instruct the Employee to prepare and submit a written notice under subsection (b).
(Added as Administrative Code Sec. 12Z.4 by Ord. 209-13, File No. 130785, App. 10/9/2013, Eff. 11/8/2013, Oper. 1/1/2014; amended by Ord. 39-22, File No. 211296, App. 3/14/2022, Eff. 4/14/2022, Oper. 7/13/2022; redesignated by Ord. 221-23, File No. 230835, App. 11/3/2023, Eff. 12/4/2023, Oper. 1/4/2024)