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Emergency Pandemic Leave for COVID-19 Purpose Emergency Pandemic Leave was created as part of a strategic effort to keep providing services in Roseville while keeping our residents and employees safe. The services provided by local government are essential functions, and as such, City of Roseville employees are expected to work as required by their department, unless there is a COVID-19 health-related reason they are unable to work. Emergency Pandemic Leave is one part of a plan created to help lessen the impact of COVID-19 on employees. The other pieces of the plan include: Educating employees on steps to help protect themselves (wash hands, avoid close contact, stay home when sick). Implementing additional cleaning and disinfecting procedures to ensure a safe working environment for employees. During the period of March 16 – March 30, the City requested that employees who are able, work from home. If they were unable to work remotely, they still received their regular wages. Steps were taken to stagger or limit exposure for those employees who were required to still report to work. During the Governor’s Executive Order 20-20 directing Minnesotans to Stay Home from March 27 – April 10, 2020, the City of Roseville continued to pay all employees their regular base wage rate for their regularly scheduled shifts. Policy Emergency Pandemic Leave, or EPL for short, is a paid leave benefit available to all benefit-eligible employees during the COVID-19 pandemic from April 13, 2020 until December 31, 2020. In the event an employee must be absent, or is unable to work (including telework) due to a COVID-19 health-related reason as outlined below, they will receive a bank of hours of Emergency Pandemic Leave as indicated below to be used for those specific COVID-19 related situations and not be required to use their accrued PTO/Sick/Vacation hours. Type of EmployeeNumber of Hours of EPL First Responders 80 Other Benefit Eligible Employees 40 *Firefighters are eligible for up to 6 shifts to be covered under this policy. These hours are in addition to the federally mandated Emergency Paid Sick Leave and Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act and may be used to supplement that leave in certain situations. These hours do not need to be used all at once. If an employee does not use all EPL hours prior to December 31, 2020, they will not be carried over or paid out to the employee. 1