Details Meeting Name: Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 7/13/2016 1:00 PM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Cook County Building, Board Room, 118 North Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois This meeting was recessed to the call of the chair Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Not available   Meeting video: Not available   Attachments: Meeting Items (1) 1 record Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: Legislation only Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Agenda # Name Type Title Motion Result Action Details Video 16-3730 2   REQUESTING A HEARING OF THE LEGISLATION AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS THE IMPACT OF THE FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE ACT ON STAFFING Resolution SUBSTITUTE TO FILE 16-3730 PROPOSED RESOLUTION Sponsored by: LARRY SUFFREDIN, County Commissioner REQUESTING A HEARING OF THE LEGISLATION AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS THE IMPACT OF THE FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE ACT ON STAFFING WHEREAS, the Federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (“FMLA”) requires Cook County to provide its employees job-protected and unpaid leave for qualified medical and family reasons; and WHEREAS, in a study by the Society for Human Resource Management entitled “FMLA and Its Impact on Organizations,” found that there has been a greater number of requests to take FMLA leave in recent years and that there is a financial cost for such leave; and WHEREAS, an increase in the number of employees taking FMLA leave would have an impact on the minimum staffing levels needed to maintain core operations at critical County facilities including the Cook County Jail, the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center and the Cook County Health and Hospitals System, among others; and WHEREAS, overtime spending is effected by employees taking FM     Action details Not available