Los Angeles Municipal Code Art. 5 Administration of Employee Benefit Programs

(Title Amended by Ord. No. 165,469, Eff. 2-25-90.)

Section 4.302 Non-discrimination in Employment Benefits (Charter Section 1024). 4.303 Joint Labor-Management Benefits Committee and Personnel Department Responsible For Programs. 4.304 Call for Proposals – Negotiation. 4.305 Requirements of Plans for Benefits to Which the City Is Not a Party. 4.306 Authorization to Expend Funds. 4.306.1 Authorization to Expend Funds – Fire Department. 4.306.2 Authorization to Expend Funds – Police Department. 4.306.3 City Contribution for Dental Plan Costs. 4.306.4 Continuation of Dental Plan Premium Subsidy During Family or Medical Leave– Non-represented Employees. 4.307 City Contributions to Health Plan Costs. 4.307.1 Continuation of Health Plan Premium Subsidy During Family or Medical Leave– Non-represented Employees. 4.307.2 City Contribution to Employee Assistance Program. 4.307.4 Life Insurance for Non-represented Executive and Managerial Positions. 4.307.5 Benefits Determinations for Sworn General Managers. 4.308 Officers and Employees of Departments Having Control of Their Own Funds. 4.309 Rideshare Program – Non-represented Employees. 4.310 Reimbursement to Specified Employees of Moneys Paid as Premiums for Part B (Medical Insurance) Medicare Coverage. 4.310.1 Employee and Dependent Eligibility Verification and Waiver Provision. 4.310.2 Catastrophic Illness Leave Program.

(a) The City of Los Angeles shall not discriminate in the provision of any employee benefit between employees with spouses and employees with domestic partners.

(b) Except with respect to retirement-based benefits, any employee who claims a domestic partner for the purpose of the provision of any benefit provided by the City shall complete a confidential affidavit to be filed with the Employee Benefits Office, Personnel Department, which shall be signed by the City employee and the domestic partner declaring the existence of a domestic partnership between them. Any employee who claims a domestic partner for the purpose of the provision of any retirement-based benefit provided by any of the City’s retirement systems shall complete a similar affidavit and file it with the appropriate department.

SECTION HISTORY

Added by Ord. No. 172,941, Eff. 1-21-00, Oper. 7-1-00.

The City’s Joint Labor-Management Benefits Committee shall recommend and the Personnel Department shall maintain and administer, on behalf of the City of Los Angeles, suitable employee benefit programs, as authorized by the City Council, for officers and employees of the City of Los Angeles who are eligible for benefits through membership in either the Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement Systems (LACERS), provided for in Sections 1150 - 1170 of the Charter of the City of Los Angeles, or the Fire and Police Pension System, provided for in Sections 1200 - 1630 thereof.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Code, members of the Safety Members Pension System, provided for in Sections 1500 - 1630 of the City Charter, shall be entitled to a health insurance subsidy while undergoing training.

SECTION HISTORY

Based on Ord. No. 131,678. Amended by: Ord. No. 135,227, Ord. No. 150,071, Eff. 8-31-77; Ord, No. 153,053, Eff. 11-24-79; In Entirety, Ord. No. 158,352, Eff. 9-23-83, Oper. 7-1-83; In Entirety, Ord. No. 165,469, Eff. 2-25-90; Ord. No. 173,308, Eff. 6-30-00, Oper. 7-1-00; In Entirety, Ord. No. 175,048, Eff. 1-23-03.

The Personnel Department shall call for proposals and negotiate on the basis of the lowest and best proposals for suitable employee benefit programs, pursuant to Section 4.303 of this article, and execute on behalf of the City of Los Angeles such contracts as are necessary for carrying out the employee benefit programs.

SECTION HISTORY

Based on Ord, No. 131,678. Amended by: Ord. No. 135,227; In Entirety, Ord. No. 165,469, Eff. 2-25-90.

The Personnel Department shall also approve plans for such benefits to which the City is not a party if the same meets the following requirements.

(a) The plan is contracted for or operated by an organization whose membership is exclusively or largely employees of the City,

and whose purpose includes the provision of benefits to City Employees.

(b) The plan is one which was available through the employee organization to employee members on July 1, 1960, or it is clearly a

successor to such a plan.

(c) Premiums are payable by payroll deduction and were payable to the plan or the predecessor plan by payroll deduction on July

1,1960;

(d) The plan offers a reasonable value of medical and hospital benefits for the premiums schedule;

(e) No profit accrues to the sponsoring organization through the operation of the plan.

SECTION HISTORY

Based on Ord. No. 131,678. Amended by: Ord. No. 135,227.

In the case of officers and employees in departments having control of their own funds, no payments shall be made by the City of Los Angeles as provided in Sections 4.203(a)(27) and 4.307 hereof unless the department makes available for expenditure by the Department of Personnel the amount needed by the City of Los Angeles to defray the City’s costs for officers or employees in such department as provided in Section 4.203(a)(27) and 4.307 thereof.

SECTION HISTORY

Based on Ord. No. 131,678. Amended by: Ord. No. 135,227.

Non-represented employees shall receive the same Rideshare Program benefits and be subject to the same terms and conditions as those provided to represented employees under the Special Memorandum of Understanding Regarding City Employee Parking and Commute Options, with the exception of the limitations described in Section 4.236 of this Code for General Managers and Elected Officials who receive an automobile allowance.

SECTION HISTORY

Added by Ord. No. 182,967, Eff. 4-18-14.