City Council Approves Emergency Ordinance For Covid-19

Today the Omaha City Council approved Mayor Jean Stothert’s Emergency Ordinance in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Ordinance will provide full time employees with up to eighty (80) hours of paid administrative leave and part time employees a prorated amount of paid administrative leave for COVID-19 related absences.
The Ordinance permits use of this leave with approval of an employee’s supervisor,

• For instances when a work site is closed and the employee cannot telecommute,
  
• In the event of a quarantine,
  
• If the employees need to care for a family member
  
• If the employee needs to care for a child due to school closure
  
• Or other COVID-19 related reason
  

The Ordinance does provide the Mayor discretion to grant additional paid administrative leave during this time period for the purposes of protecting City employees from unnecessary hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE MAYOR’S EMAIL TO EMPLOYEES If you have any questions you can contact the Human Resources Department at (402) 444-5300