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<br /> <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />209493v1 <br />City of Orono COVID-19 Leave Plan <br />The City will implement a flexible leave and scheduling policy for the duration of this emergency. The <br />City may need to make modifications as time goes on because the full extent of the emergency is <br />currently unknown. The policy is as follows: <br />Employees will be allowed to earn vacation, sick, and compensatory time above the current allowed <br />limits. <br />If an employee or their direct family member is exposed to COVID-19 or they are required to stay home <br />or may be sent home for the health, welfare, and safety of the other employees and residents for a <br />minimum of 14 days. A doctor’s note may be required to allow the employee to return to work. <br />If an employee is currently ill, they are required to stay home or may be sent home. An employee who is <br />currently sick may return to work after exhibiting no symptoms of fever, cough, sore throat, for 24 hours <br />without the aid of cough suppressants, ibuprofen, or acetaminophen. <br />For employees that do not have enough sick, vacation, or compensatory time available. They will be <br />allowed to maintain a negative balance of up to 80 hours. The negative balance may be earned back <br />through the future accrual of leave time. . The employee can also choose to take this time unpaid. This <br />balance will work similar the Time Owed City policy implemented in the Police Department. <br />For Staff working around daycare and dual working households that need to accommodate school age <br />dependents needs during school closures, individual staffing plans may be flexible to ensure 40 hours of <br />work is met and the needs of the dependents are able to be met as well.