Exhibit A

Excused Time Leave Policy

Purpose: Provide salary savings to the Bureau of Development Services during a period of workload reduction.

Eligibility: Non-probationary employees in good standing who are eligible for City-paid benefits. Represented employees may not participate unless their union has agreed to the pilot project.

Approval Process: An employee must request E-Time in writing a minimum of two weeks prior to the intended start date. E-Time is not guaranteed and must be approved in writing by the employee’s supervisor and the bureau director. E-Time Leave may only be approved due to a reduction in workload and can not result in work out of class, double fill, temporary appointment or other mechanism to fill in behind the employee on E-Time leave.

Duration: E-Time leave must be taken in increments of no shorter than 1 working day. An employee may not take more than 20 consecutive work days of E-Time at any one time. The maximum amount of E-Time during the pilot project that may be taken by an individual employee is 80 work days. Employees must return to work for a minimum of 20 consecutive work days before being eligible for additional E-Time.

Employee Status: While on E-Time the employee’s personnel status shall be as follows:

•  Health Insurance Benefits: Employer paid health dental, vision and life insurance shall continue. The bureaus must send signed approval for E-Time is provided to the Benefits Office. Benefits Office will look prospectively at the anticipated benefits deductions that would be otherwise be taken during the period of E-Time leave. That amount will be deducted from the employee’s last check prior to commencing E-Time. Such deductions will be pre-tax. Any over or under deductions will be settled upon the employee’s return to work. E-time will not change an employee's benefit status.

•  Vacation and Sick Leave Accrual: Vacation and sick leave credits will continue to accrue during E-Time leave.

•  Salary: Employees on E-Time will be placed in no-pay status.

•  Seniority/Length of Service: Seniority/length of service will continue during E-Time leave for purposes of layoff, bidding, salary anniversary and vacation accrual rates.

•  An employee’s seniority will not be adversely impacted by their electing to take E-time leave.

Holidays: If E-time is taken the day before and/or the day after a holiday, the employee will still be paid for the holiday.

Vacation Requests: E-time approvals do not supercede employee requests for vacation and/or compensatory time.

Return Provision: Approved E-Time leave will not be extended beyond the original approved amount of time. Employees who return on time from E-Time leave will be returned to their same job class unless a decision is made to eliminate their position. If that occurs the employee will be entitled to exercise bumping rights, if any, participate in the City’s redeployment program or be laid off.