DOCUMENTATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN USES OF SICK LEAVE AND FUNERAL LEAVE

SEA-MC tit. 4, ch. 4.30

in effect

Seattle Mun. Code § 4.30.010 Establishment of eligibility for certain funeral leave and nonpersonal sick leave uses

4.30.010 - Establishment of eligibility for certain funeral leave and nonpersonal sick leave uses A. Any officer or employee or temporary worker who has qualified for paid leave and benefits in lieu of premium pay pursuant to subsection 4.20.055.B who, on or after September 17, 1989: 1. Commences service for the City; or 2. Recommences City service following a break in such service; or 3. Becomes another person's spouse or domestic partner; may use sick leave under Chapter 4.24 for the care of his or her spouse, domestic partner, parent, or the parent or child of his or her spouse or domestic partner, and funeral leave under SMC Chapter 4.28 in connection with the death of his or her spouse or domestic partner or any other person added by this Chapter 4.30, or family and medical leave under the terms and conditions of Chapter 4.26 by filing with the appointing authority for his or her employing unit, within a period specified in subsection 4.30.010.C, an affidavit as contemplated in Section 4.30.020. B. The Seattle Human Resources Director shall specify, by rule, what documentation, if any, that a person who is a City officer or employee and who is (1) married, or (2) participating in a domestic partnership, must provide to the appointing authority of such officer's or employee's employing unit to establish City knowledge of such officer's or employee's participation in a marriage or domestic partnership and the eligibility of that officer or employee to use sick leave under Chapter 4.24 for the care of his or her spouse, domestic partner, or the parent or child of his or her spouse or domestic partner, and funeral leave under Chapter 4.28 in connection with the death of a spouse or domestic partner or any other person added by this Chapter 4.30, or family and medical leave under the terms and conditions of Chapter 4.26. C. An officer or employee may file the documentation required under subsections 4.30.010.A or 4.30.010.B only: 1. Within the first 30 days after the commencement date of his or her marriage or domestic partnership; 2. Within the first 30 days after the commencement or recommencement of such officer's or employee's service; and 3. During an open enrollment period of 90 days as specified by the Seattle Human Resources Director following September 17, 1989 and, thereafter, during a regular annual open enrollment period as specified by the Seattle Human Resources Director. (Ord. 124567, § 62, 2014 [department head name change and other cleanup]; Ord. 121771, § 9, 2005; Ord. 116761, § 2, 1993; Ord. 114648, § 6(part), 1989.)

Seattle Mun. Code § 4.30.020 Affidavit of marriage/domestic partnership

4.30.020 - Affidavit of marriage/domestic partnership The documentation sufficient to qualify an officer or employee to use sick leave or funeral leave or family and medical leave as contemplated in subsection 4.30.010.A shall consist of an affidavit in a form prescribed and furnished by the Seattle Human Resources Director, on which such officer or employee dates and signs his or her name and: A. Attests: 1. If married, that he or she is currently married to the individual identified by name on said form; or 2. If participating in a domestic partnership, that: a. He or she and his or her domestic partner (who shall be identified, by name, on such form) share the same regular and permanent residence, have a close personal relationship, and have agreed to be jointly responsible for basic living expenses incurred during the domestic partnership, b. They are not married to anyone, c. They are 18 years of age or older, d. They are not related by blood closer than would bar marriage in the State of Washington, e. They were mentally competent to consent to contract when their domestic partnership began, f. They are each other's sole domestic partner and are responsible for each other's common welfare; and g. Any prior domestic partnership in which he or his or her domestic partner participated with a third party was terminated not less than 90 days prior to the date of such affidavit, or by the death of that third party, whichever was earlier, and, if such earlier domestic partnership had been acknowledged pursuant to subsection 4.30.010.A or 4.30.010.B, that notice of the termination of such earlier domestic partnership was provided to the City pursuant to Section 4.30.030 not less than 90 days prior to the date of such affidavit; B. Agrees to notify the City if there is a change of the circumstances attested to in the affidavit; and C. Affirms, under penalty of law, that the assertions in the affidavit are true. D. "Basic living expenses" as used in subsection 4.30.020.A.2.a means the cost of basic food, shelter, and any other expense of a domestic partner that is paid at least in part by a program or benefit for the partner qualified because of the domestic partnership. The individuals need not contribute equally or jointly to the cost of these expenses as long as they agree that both are responsible for the cost. (Ord. 124567, § 63, 2014 [department head name change and other cleanup]; Ord. 121029, § 2, 2002; Ord. 116761, § 3, 1993; Ord. 114648, § 6(part), 1989.)

Seattle Mun. Code § 4.30.030 Notice of termination of domestic partnership

4.30.030 - Notice of termination of domestic partnership For the purposes of this Chapter 4.30, a domestic partnership that has been acknowledged as contemplated in subsection 4.30.010.A or 4.30.010.B shall be effectively terminated upon the death of a domestic partner or on the ninetieth day after notice of the termination thereof was provided to the City in the form prescribed therefor by the Seattle Human Resources Director, whichever is earlier. (Ord. 124567, § 64, 2014 [department head name change and other cleanup]; Ord. 114648, § 6(part), 1989.)

Source: City of Seattle, Seattle Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/wa/seattle/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT4PE_CH4.30DOELCEUSSILEFULEFetched: 11/1/2026