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An Ordinance amending Section 21-34(a) of the Code of Ordinances of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, relating to sick leave, to provide that individuals hired on or after July 1, 2025 may accumulate sick leave up to a maximum of six hundred (600) hours, and may continue to accumulate such leave, but shall not be paid for any excess accumulation and any excess accumulation shall not be carried over to the next calendar year. [Div. of Human Resources, George]
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Authorization to amend Section 21-34(a) of the Code of Ordinances to provide that classified and Unclassified Civil Service employees (non-sworn) hired on or after July 1, 2025, who accumulate more than 600 sick leave hours will not be paid out for any accumulation in excess of 600 hours nor will they be allowed to carry the excess accumulation over to the next calendar year. (L0560-25) (George/Hamilton)
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT:
Section 1 - That Section 21-34(a) of the Code of Ordinances of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government be and hereby is amended to read as follows:
(a) Effective with the initial date of employment or January 1, 1949, whichever is later, every Classified Civil Service employee shall be Granted ten (10) hours of sick leave credit for each completed calendar month of service. Newly hired employees, however, shall, for the first month of employment only, be Granted sick leave credit at the prorated rate of two and one-half (21/2) hours for each full week of service. Such sick leave May be accumulated to a maximum of seventy-five (75) working days (...
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