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Preview Page 1 of 1 City of Sunny Isles Beach 18070 Collins Avenue Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 33160 (305) 947-0606 City Hall (305) 949-3113 Fax MEMO~AN])UM TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Commission FROM: Priscilla Walker, Assistant to the City Manager/Human Resources DATE: 12/16/20 I 0 RE: Creating New Chapter Entitled "Human Relations" RECOMMENDA TION: This Ordinance is presented for your consideration. REASONS: The City of Sunny Isles Beach is an equal opportunity employer. The City's commitment to equal opportunity applies to all facets of the employment relationship, including compensation, benefits and all other terms, conditions and privileges of employment. While the City's employment policies express intent to provide benefits to domestic partnerships, the policies do not provide specific guidelines to ensure that benefits are provided to individuals in domestic partnerships. The purpose of the attached Ordinance is to provide specific guidelines for domestic partner benefits. These guidelines are consistent with guidelines adopted by other local governments. Specifically, any City employee who has a domestic partner shall be entitled to the following benefits: (I) Elect insurance coverage for his or her domestic partner or the children of such domestic partner; and (2) Use all forms of leave provided by the City including, but not invited to, sick leave, annual leave, bereavement leave, family and medical leave to care for family members. It is staffs belief that providing this benefit promotes employee recruitment, employee retention and employee loyalty. It would also address the provision that such benefits promotes fairness and serves to address the discriminatory effect of practices which deny such benefits solely upon the basis of an employee's familial or marital status. A TT ACHMENTS: . Ordinance . Public Notice http://sibagenda.sibfl.net/agenda/Preview.aspx?I temID=398&MeetingID=0&MeetingDate... 12/7 /20 I 0