(a) Eligible employees may be entitled to parental leave benefits under this section and the applicable Administrative Policy for the birth, stillbirth, or adoption of a child. Parental Leave consists of eight (8) weeks of consecutive, paid leave, which begins the day the child is born, still-born, or adopted. Parental Leave may not be taken intermittently. Once an employee on Parental Leave returns to work, the Parental Leave ceases and any remaining Parental Leave will be forfeited. After the expiration of the Parental Leave, all additional leave will be governed by City policy, or the Toledo Municipal Code.
(b) During Parental Leave, employees will receive paid leave equal to seventy percent (70%) of their base rate of pay. Employees may supplement the remaining thirty percent (30%) of their base rate of pay with available and accumulated paid leave, if they so choose. However, donated time may not be used to supplement Parental Leave.
(c) All time off work for Parental Leave will be charged against the employee's Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave entitlement, to the extent the employee is entitled to FMLA leave.
(d) Employees who are approved for Parental Leave may elect whether they will use accumulated, paid leave from the employee's leave balances to cover the remaining thirty percent (30%) of their base rate, or whether they will remain unpaid for the remaining thirty percent (30%).
(e) The Department of Human Resources shall enact, with the approval of the Mayor, an Administrative Policy and Procedure to implement and govern the program.
(Ord. 599-23. Passed 11-21-23.)