Why is TOF granting Clerk Riddle any paid Maternity Leave whatsoever? In her short time as TOF Clerk, she certainly hasn’t accrued 6 to 8 weeks of sick/vacation leave to cover such an absence.
The following PDF specifically states: https://hr.mt.gov/_docs/Policies/Maternity_and_Parental_Leave_Policy.pdf “III Procedures. Maternity leave is an unpaid (emphasis added) leave of absence available to female employees for temporary disability because of pregnancy and delivery…”.
A brief excerpt of 8.8.2023 TOF Meeting Minutes, Page 2, Paragraph 3, follows: ‘We then talked about maternity leave for the city clerk Riddle maternity leave is granted for six to eight weeks paid. Councilman Canton moved to approve the six to eight weeks of paid maternity leave Councilman Stapleton 2nd it needs to be put in our handbook’.
I’ve seen second graders with better writing skills than this supposed clerk. Fire her. Better yet miz riddle…just quit…you’re in way over your head.