When the Personnel Committee met in June, they sent two policy recommendations to the Policy Committee for further consideration. The first is a change to the Staff Benefits Policy that will allow part-time employees who work a minimum of 20-hours per week to enroll in the library’s health insurance plan at their expense. This will incur no additional cost to the library but will allow those employees an option for health insurance if they don’t have any other good options. The second change is a proposed amendment to the Staff Education Policy that allows part-time employees who work a minimum of 20-hours per week to take advantage of the library’s education reimbursement program. This is a great benefit for employees who are working for us while working toward a library degree, but it was previously only available to full-time employees. I think it is a smart move to allow part-time employees to also take advantage of this program as it will allow us to attract and potentially keep high quality less-than-full-time employees.
Recommendation: I recommend that you approve amendments to the Staff Benefits Policy and the Staff Education Policy.