The City of Dallas offers many different types of leaves to support it's employees' total wellbeing, such as leaves in response to new life events, emergencies, and personal health.
Read below to learn more about the various approved leaves.
Attendance Incentive Leave (AIL)
Attendance Incentive Leave (AIL) rewards attendance by granting additional leave hours for employees with no sick leave, FMLA leave, military leave, Paid Parental Leave, unpaid suspension, unapproved leave without pay, or approved leave without pay.
Click here to read the AIL FAQs. For additional information, contact codemployeesupport@dallascityhall.com.
Compassionate Leave
Compassionate Leave is a new leave intended for employees with a serious medical condition or injury that prevents the employee from performing any type of work and:
- Is not expected to be able to return to work
- Have exhausted all accrued leave balances
- May be eligible for Long-Term Disability benefits
- Completed a minimum of one year of City employment
- Have accumulated a minimum of 40 hours of sick leave
The maximum amount of Compassionate Leave is 348 hours for a sworn employee in the emergency response bureau of the fire department and 232 hours for any other City of Dallas employee.
An employee may only be awarded Compassionate Leave once and their request for Compassionate Leave must be approved by the employee's Department Director and the Director of Human Resources.
Compassionate Leave FAQs
What medical conditions or injuries qualify me for Compassionate Leave?
If you are eligible for City of Dallas Benefits, you may be eligible for Compassionate Leave.
How do I apply for Compassionate Leave?
Contact your department’s Human Resources Partner for assistance in applying for Compassionate Leave.
How often can I receive Compassionate Leave?
An employee can only be awarded Compassionate Leave once.
Military Leave for Emergency Declaration
A new type of military leave for an emergency declaration by the governor has been added as a new type of military leave available to City of Dallas employees. Seven days of leave for this type of deployment is available.
See FAQs below. For additional information, contact codemployeepaidleave@dallas.gov.
Military Leave for Emergency Declaration FAQs
Are these 7 days of leave added to my usual 15 days of military leave?
No, the 7 days of leave are separate and available for those called to action due to an emergency declaration.
Do I have to use my usual 15 days of military leave before I can use the 7 additional days?
No, if you are called to action due to an emergency declaration, you will have a separate leave balance of 7 days independent of your usual 15 days of leave.
Paid Parental Leave
We are proud to announce an exciting new benefit in conjunction with Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave for City of Dallas employees expecting a newborn, newly adopted, or newly placed child — Paid Parental Leave.
On or after October 1, 2021, full or part-time City of Dallas employees who have given birth, need to care for, adopted, or received placement of a child age twelve or younger may be eligible to receive up to six weeks paid leave to help support the new addition to their family.
Paid Parental Leave runs concurrently with FMLA leave. City of Dallas employees must be eligible for FMLA leave before they can be approved for Paid Parental Leave.
Click here to download the Paid Parental Leave Request Form.
Click here for instructions to apply for Paid Parental Leave.
Click here to read the frequently asked questions or codemployeepaidleave@dallas.gov if you have additional questions.
Mental Health Leave
The City of Dallas is honored to offer a new leave for employees who are benefits eligible and accrue leave time.
Mental Health Leave provides up to 40 hours of leave for most employees and 60 hours of leave for employees of Dallas Police Department (DPD) and the Emergency Response Bureau of Dallas Fire Rescue (DFR) who experience a traumatic event while at work and the need for leave is verified by a licensed psychiatrist or psychologist.
The City of Dallas will keep requests for Mental Health Leave and any medical information related to Mental Health Leave confidential to the extent allowed by law. The City of Dallas will also not reduce other paid balances for Mental Health Leave taken.
Click here to download the Mental Health Leave Request Form for employees. Click here to download the Mental Health Leave Request Form for the employee's mental health provider.
Click here to read the frequently asked questions or codemployeepaidleave@dallas.gov if you have additional questions.
Quarantine Leave (Q-Leave) — Civilian and Uniform
As of November 2, 2021, COVID-19 and COVID-21 Leaves were replaced by Quarantine Leave Uniform (Q-Leave Uniform) and Quarantine Leave Civilian (Q-Leave Civilian), respectively.
Q-Leave Uniform
Sworn members of the City of Dallas Fire or Police Department, emergency medical technicians, or detention officers who are ordered to quarantine by the employee's supervisor or the City's health authority due to a possible or known exposure to a communicable disease while on duty are eligible for Q-Leave Uniform.
Q-Leave Uniform allows these employees the opportunity to receive paid quarantine leave for the duration of the ordered quarantine or isolation. The City will not reduce an eligible employee's paid leave balance in connection with paid quarantine leave taken.
Sworn employees should go through their chain of command to request Q-Leave Uniform.
Q-Leave Civilian
Civilian City employees who test positive for COVID and present proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 via Apricity@Work™ will be eligible for up to 80 hours of Q-Leave Civilian. Q-Leave cannot be granted for those who fail to provide proof of a COVID positive test and full vaccination status via Apricity@Work™.
Click here for the Q-Leave Civilian request form.
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