LOS ANGELES—At least 244 full-time city employees are on unpaid leave Dec. 20 after Los Angeles’ mandate that municipal workers get vaccinated against COVID-19 went into effect on Saturday, according to figures shared by Mayor Eric Garcetti’s office. Just over 80 percent of the city’s employees complied with the vaccination mandate by the deadline, with another 1.33 percent stating that they are partially vaccinated. The numbers do not include employees of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. While 244 full-time employees were placed on unpaid leave as of Friday, an additional 2,508 part-time employees were either placed on unpaid leave or not scheduled for work due to not complying with the vaccination mandate by either getting vaccinated or submitting a medical or religious exemption request. A total of 2,789 exemption requests were filed as of Friday, but that figure includes many duplicates submitted by the same people and …