The following terms, as used in this chapter, shall have the
meanings indicated:
DEPARTMENT HEAD or SUPERINTENDENT
Any elected or appointed person who has direct supervision
and responsibility for personnel, records, funds, maintenance and
service to be performed by a municipal department.
PART-TIME EMPLOYEES
Any person who works less than 22 hours per week or less
than 500 hours per year.
TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES
Any person who is hired on a temporary basis for specific
short-term assignments or to fill a temporary need (i.e., vacations)
is considered a temporary employee.
The provisions of this chapter will apply to all municipal employees
and appointed officials, except employees of the Board of Education.
The First Selectman, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen,
shall appoint all personnel with departmental supervisory capacity,
except as otherwise provided by law.
The department supervisors, with the approval of the First Selectman,
shall have the authority to employ the necessary personnel as authorized
by the annual budget or by approval of the appropriations to perform
the necessary duties of their respective departments. It shall be
the department supervisor's duty to determine by the physician's report
and the applicant's history whether the applicant has the necessary
qualifications for performing the duties required before approving
the employment of the job applicant.
Personnel employed by the Town must be bona fide residents of
the Town, except at the time of appointment or employment when they
need not be residents of the Town, but residence in the Town must
be established within six months. This provision may be waived by
the Board of Selectmen. Personnel shall maintain an up-to-date record
of their residence address with the First Selectman.
No municipal employee shall engage in any outside employment
which will impair the performance of his duties or be detrimental
to the municipal service.
Employees with any grievance arising out of their employment
by the Town, except requests for a general wage increase, shall have
the right of appeal to their immediate department supervisor. Appeals
shall be made in writing and may be presented by the employee individually
or by the employee's selected representative. If the grievance cannot
be settled between the department supervisor and the employee or his
selected representative, the department supervisor shall submit a
report in writing to the First Selectman, whose decision shall be
final in the matter.
The Board of Selectmen shall from time to time adopt a general
personnel policy, which shall contain regulations and procedures pertaining
to employees of the Town.
There shall be no discrimination against any employee or any
applicant for employment on the basis of any class protected by state
law. This provision shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
employment, upgrading, demotions, layoffs, terminations, rates of
pay or other forms of compensation.
The Town shall take whatever steps are necessary to ensure compliance
with the State Fair Employment Practices Act.