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An Ordinance creating Section 21-37.4 of the Code of Ordinances of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government to authorize up to fifty-six (56) hours of paid leave and up to two hundred and forty (240) hours of unpaid leave per calendar year for Classified Civil Service employees who are victims of domestic violence or a crime, for needs related to or resulting from domestic violence or the crime, effective upon passage of Council. [Council Office, Hall]
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WHEREAS, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government has an interest in ensuring that its employees who are victims of domestic violence or crime receive appropriate physical and mental health care and are afforded the opportunity to participate in court proceedings resulting from domestic violence or the crime; and
WHEREAS, LFUCG recognizes that victims of domestic violence or crime May experience physical and mental health care needs related to such incidents; and
WHEREAS, LFUCG recognizes that victims of domestic violence or crime May experience needs related to the court system, such as the need to file for an emergency protective order, to testify in court, or to otherwise participate in the prosecution of a crime, or other similar needs; and
WHEREAS, LFUCG recognizes that those without protected leave from their place of employment are less likely to seek appropriate physical and mental health care in the wake of domestic violence or a crime, less likely to participate in court proceedings related to the provision of emergency protective orders, and less likely to otherwise participate in the taking of appropriate protective steps against domestic violence or imminent domestic violence or the prosecution of crime; and
WHEREAS, LFUCG desires to support victims of domestic violence and crime in receiving appropriate physical and mental health care related to domestic violence or the crime; and
WHEREAS, LFUCG desires to support victims of domestic violenc...
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