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To: All Delta County Employees
From: Human Resources
Date: November 29, 2023
The purpose of this notice is to inform employees of the various uses for paid time off. There is no action required on your part. We simply ask that you read the contents of this notice so you understand what Delta County offers our employees.
The Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (HFWA) requires Colorado employers to provide two types of paid sick leave to their employees: accrued leave and public health emergency (PHE) leave (available through June 8, 2023). Employers are required to provide their employees with 1 hour of accrued, paid leave per 30 hours worked, up to 48 hours per year, not payable upon separation from employment.
Delta County chose to combine the requirements of the Healthy Families and Workplaces Act with their PTO accrual. This allows employees the benefit of being paid out upon separation from employment for any unused PTO leave and the added flexibility of using the accrued leave for any reason. This notice is to inform employees that the PTO can be used for any reason, including but not limited to, the following reasons:
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Inability to work due to a mental or physical illness, injury, or health condition.
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Obtaining preventive medical care (including vaccination), or medical diagnosis/care/treatment.
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Needs due to domestic abuse, sexual assault, or criminal harassment including medical attention, mental health care or other counseling, legal or other victim services, or relocation.
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Care for a family member who needs the sort of care listed above.
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During a PHE, a public official closed the employee’s workplace, or the school or place of care of the employee’s child.
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Effective Aug. 7, 2023: Bereavement, or financial/legal needs after a death of a family member; or
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Effective Aug. 7, 2023: Due to inclement weather, power/heat/water loss, or other unexpected event, the employee must
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evacuate their residence, or
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care for a family member whose school or place of care was closed.
For information on how PTO accrues, see the Delta County Employee Handbook, Section 6.4 Paid Time Off (PTO). To review the Delta County Handbook, go to the Delta County Employee Portal and select “Handbook & Policies.” For more information about the Healthy Family and Workplaces Act, go to https://cdle.colorado.gov/hfwa.
If you have any questions about this policy, please do not hesitate to contact Human Resources at 970-874-2457 or via email at humanresources@deltacountyco.gov. You are also welcome to stop by the Human Resources office at The Brown Building at 550 Palmer Street, Unit 103, Delta, CO 81416.
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