HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2014-111 Providing unpaid Interns Worker's Compensation BenefitsMARANA RESOLUTION NO. 2014 -111
RELATING TO ADMINISTRATION; PROVIDING- THAT UNPAID INTERNS OF THE
TOWN SHALL BE ENTITLED TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION BENEFITS
WHEREAS pursuant to Arizona state law, the Town of Marana provides Workers'
Compensation benefits for all employees of the town; and
WHEREAS Marana Town Code Section 3-1-4(B) provides that volunteer personnel and
personnel appointed to service without pay are not employees of the town; and
WHEREAS A.R.S. §23.901.06 provides that the town may provide Workers'
Compensation benefits to volunteer workers of the town by defining the nature and type of
volunteer work and workers to be entitled to such benefits; and
WHEREAS on October 16, 2001, the Mayor and Council adopted Resolution
No. 2001-136, providing that the town shall provide Workers' Compensation benefits to citizen
volunteers of the town; and
WHEREAS pursuant to Marana Town Code Section 3- 1 -4(B) unpaid interns of the town
are not employees of the town; and
WHEREAS the Mayor and Council of the Town of Marana find it is in the best interests
of its citizens to provide Workers' Compensation benefits to unpaid interns of the Town.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE
TOWN OF MARANA, ARIZONA, as follows:
SECTION 1. The Town of Marana hereby provides that unpaid interns of the Town
shall be entitled to Workers' Compensation benefits pursuant to the terms and conditions
specified in Marana Resolution No. 2001 -136.
SECTION 2. The Town's Manager and staff are hereby directed and authorized to
undertake all other and further tasks required or beneficial to implement and carry out the terms,
obligations, and objectives of this resolution.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED b the Ma and Council of the Town of Marana, Arizona,
this 5"' da of November, 2014.
Ma Ed Honea
ATTEST: APP RO£ F, AS TO FORM:
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