CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO.
APPROVING A RETROACTIVE CITY OF ALAMEDA PAID
SUPPLEMENTAL SICK LEAVE POLICY, FOR THE PERIOD OF
OCTOBER 1, 2021 TO DECEMBER 31, 2021, FOR EMPLOYEES
WHO HAVE NOT EXHAUSTED THEIR AVAILABLE 2021 COVID -19
STATE SUPPLEMENTAL SICK LEAVE
WHEREAS, since the governor of the State of California’s March 4, 2020 declaration of a state of emergency due to conditions caused by COVID -19 pandemic, the City and its employees have had to adapt they ways in which services are provided to Alameda’s residents; and
WHEREAS, during this period, in order to provide support for employees impacted by COVID-19, both the State and Federal government implemented paid sick leave laws; and
WHEREAS, these paid sick leave laws provided employees with pai d time off for COVID-19 related reasons; and
WHEREAS, from April 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020, the Federal Government authorized and provided up to 12 weeks of paid sick leave through t he Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA); and
WHEREAS, from January 1, 2021 to September 30, 2021 the State of California provided employees with COVID related sick leave through the 2021 COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave (SPSL); and
WHEREAS, on February 19, 2022, as COVID cases increased due to the Omicron variant, the State ’s 2022 COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave law took effect retroactive to January 1, 2022 and is in place through September 30, 2022; and
WHEREAS, from October 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021, there was a lapse in State and F ederal wage replacement available to employees impacted by COVID-19.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Alameda that the City Manager is hereby authorized to establish a City of Alameda Supplemental Paid Sick leave program to be implemented retroactively for the period of October 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021 and employees shall be allowed to use any remaining unused 2021 COVID -19 State Supplemental Paid Sick Leave (SPSL) for time lost due to COVID related reasons for the period o f October 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021.
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I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in a regular meeting assembled on the 19th day of April 2022, by the following vote to wit:
AYES
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said City this 20th day of April 2022.
Lara Weisiger, City Clerk
City of Alameda
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Yibin Shen, City Attorney
City of Alameda