care for an ill or injured family member. The annual sick leave benefit is large enough to cover the short-term disability insurance waiting period of 14 days. Paid Sick leave is available to all employees. On January 1st of each year, Regular Full-Time employees and shall be granted the following Paid Sick Leave days. Employees who are scheduled to work 2080 hours the previous year will be granted 80 hours on January 1st of each year Employees who are scheduled to work 2184 hours the previous year will be granted 84 hours on January 1st of each year Employees who are scheduled to work 2757 hours the previous year will be granted 100 hours on January 1st of each year On January 1st of each year, Regular Part-time Employees will earn 1 hour of paid Sick Leave for every 30 hour work week the employee worked the previous year, up to 48 hours of paid Sick Leave per year. There will be no carry-over of sick leave from year to the next and any unused Sick Leave will be forfeited by all employees on December 31 of each year. Paid Sick Leave is not paid out upon termination of employment. FAMLI Program The Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program (FAMLI Program) is a state-run PAID Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FAMLI) program. The FAMLI program will ensure all Colorado workers have access to paid leave in order to take care of themselves or their family during life circumstances that pull them away from their jobs. FAMLI will start providing benefits to employees starting January 1, 2024. On June 27, 2022, Lamar City Council voted to decline participation in the FAMLI Act (reference Resolution 22-06-02). HOWEVER, EMPLOYEES MAY STILL OPT-IN TO FAMLI ON THEIR OWN. Any employee who chooses to opt into the program will be responsible to remit premiums directly to the state of Colorado. Fact sheets and other information are included in the City of Lamar Benefits Summary (separate document). Funeral Leave The City of Lamar is sympathetic to the employee at the time of bereavement through death in the immediate family. Therefore, the employee is entitled to absence with pay of up to three (3) days from the date of death of the immediate family member. For the purpose of the funeral leave policy only; an employee’s “immediate family” includes his or her spouse, children, legal dependent, parents, grandparents, grandchildren or siblings, and the parents, siblings, or children of the employee’s spouse. If additional time is needed, an employee may use up to four days of accumulated sick leave for family funeral leave purposes.
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