A. "City" means the City of Berkeley.

B. "Department" means the City of Berkeley’s Health, Housing, and Community Services Department, or any successor department, or any other Department as designated by the City Manager.

C. "Director" means the Director of the Heath, Housing and Community Services Department or their designee or any other person as designated by the City Manager.

D. "Employee" means any person who is employed within the geographic boundaries of the City by an Employer, including part-time employees. "Employee" includes a participant in a Welfare-to-Work Program when the participant is engaged in work activity that would be considered "employment" under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. 29 USC §201 et seq., and any applicable US. Department of Labor Guidelines.

E. "Welfare-to-Work Program" shall include any public assistance program administered by the Human Services Agency, including but not limited to CalWORKS, and any successor programs that are substantially similar, that require a public assistance applicant or recipient to work in exchange for their grant.

F. "Employer" means the City, or any person as defined in Section 18 of the California Labor Code who regularly employs 10 or more Employees, including an agent of that Employer and corporate officers or executives who directly or indirectly or through an agent or any other person, including through the services of a temporary services or staffing agency or similar entity, employ or exercise control over the wages, hours, or working conditions of an Employee. The term "Employer" shall also include any successor in interest of an Employer. The term "Employer" shall not include the state or federal government or any local government entity other than the City.

G. "Flexible Working Arrangement" means a change in an Employee’s terms and conditions of employment that provides flexibility, including but not limited to a modified work schedule, changes in start and/or end times for work, part-time employment, job sharing arrangements, working from home, telecommuting, reduction or change in work duties, or part-year employment.

H. "Major Life Event" means the birth of an Employee’s child, the placement with an Employee of a child through adoption or foster care, or an increase in an Employee’s care giving duties for a person with a Serious Health Condition who is in a Family Relationship with the Employee.

I. "Predictable Working Arrangement" means a change in an Employee’s terms and conditions of employment that provides a consistent or reliable pattern of work assignment, including but not limited to days scheduled to work, start time and end time and work site location with at least seven (7) calendar days’ notice prior to the start of the scheduled shift.

J. "Work Schedule" means those days and times within a work period that an Employee is required by an Employer to perform the duties of their employment for which they will receive compensation. (Ord. 7528-NS § 1 (part), 2017)