Eligibility.
Denver Revised Municipal Code § 18-123
in effectSec. 18-123. - Eligibility.
(a) All officers and employees hired or rehired by the city after December 31, 2009, shall receive PTO as provided in this division, with the exception of:
(1) Part-time employees who are regularly scheduled to work less than twenty (20) hours per week;
(2) Members of the classified service of the police and fire departments;
(3) Employees in the deputy sheriff classifications;
(4) Employees occupying on-call, temporary, seasonal, or contract positions, or positions in which the incumbent is paid according to the community rate schedule; or employees who meet the requirements of subsection 18-408(j)(7) of this chapter.
(5) Elected officers.
(b) Officers and employees who were receiving the city's paid leave benefit (predecessor to this PTO benefit) on December 31, 2009, and who otherwise continue to remain eligible, shall receive PTO as provided in this division.
(c) Reinstated employees. Employees who were laid off while receiving paid sick and vacation leave benefits, and are reinstated under the career service rules after December 31, 2009, will be enrolled in the PTO plan unless they elect in writing to continue in the paid sick and vacation plan. Such election must be made within thirty (30) days of the effective date of their reinstatement.
(d) All on-call and part-time employees who are regularly scheduled to work less than twenty (20) hours per week shall receive sick leave pursuant to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act at the rate of one (1) hour of leave per thirty (30) hours worked. Any unused leave accumulated by on call and part-time employees scheduled to work twenty (20) hours per week pursuant to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplace Act shall not be payable to the employee upon separation, as these employees are not "eligible" for such payout pursuant to section 18-127.
(Ord. No. 634-09, § 3, 11-2-09; Ord. No. 611-19, § 1, 7-15-19; Ord. No. 1233-20, § 2, 11-23-20)
Source: City and County of Denver, Revised Municipal Code and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/co/denver/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIREMUCO_CH18EMOFPABE_ARTVLEHO_DIV1PATIOF_S18-123ELFetched: 10/27/2026