Fiscal Note
Fiscal note pending
Title
Adopting and confirming modifications to the Employee Benefits Handbooks for the General Municipal Employees, the Madison City Attorneys’ Association (MCAA) and the Madison Professional and Supervisory Employee Association (MPSEA) for the period January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026.
Body
WHEREAS, 2011 Wisconsin Act 10 ("Act 10") and 2011 Wisconsin Act 32 ("Act 32"), removed bargaining rights for general municipal employees and MCAA other than base wages; and,
WHEREAS, the City created the Employee Benefits Handbook for General Municipal Employees which is a general guide for the discussion, application, and enforcement of the provision of benefits to employees within the applicable compensation groups; and,
WHEREAS, the existence of the handbook does not create an expressed or implied contract and is not a collectively bargained agreement; and,
WHEREAS, the handbook will not override the Madison General Ordinances, City Administrative Procedure Memoranda or State and Federal law; and,
WHEREAS, it is the City's intent that the handbook will be modified and updated in cooperation with the employee representatives and approved by the Committee on Employee Relations and the Common Council,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Common Council approves and adopts the MPSEA, MCAA and Employee Benefits Handbook for General Municipal Employees created November, 2018, as modified to incorporate language regarding:
· Increase Parking Enforcement Uniform Allowance
· Increase Bilingual Pay
· Parking Pre-tax Benefit to begin in 2027
· Pro-rated Paid Parental Leave during probationary period
· Bereavement leave for fetal loss
· Post incarceration notification requirement
· Update MPSEA Handbook and remove that OD tracks training
· Eliminate the 10 day suspension step
· Change the 3 paid leave days to be paid at double time
· Mirror Streets summer hours to Fleet summer hours
· For all new out of class pay scenario...
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