The Township of Lumberton shall, by ordinance,
establish titles for public employment by the Township of Lumberton
and salary ranges for Township employees.
The Township of Lumberton has assembled and shall
maintain an Employee Handbook which shall set forth the personnel
policies and procedures of the Township of Lumberton including rules
concerning the hiring and termination of employees, terms and conditions
of employment, and regulations required to comply with applicable
federal and state employment-related laws.
The Employee Handbook shall, as provided for herein,
constitute the official personnel policies and procedures of the Township
of Lumberton, shall be applicable to all officials, appointees, employees,
prospective employees, volunteers and independent contractors of the
Township, and with the exception of applicable state and federal laws
and regulations and the provisions of any applicable collective bargaining
agreement, shall be the sole source for determining Township policy
involving personnel employed by the Township of Lumberton. In the
event of a conflict between said personnel practices and any duly
adopted and lawful collective bargaining agreement, personnel services
contract or federal or state law, the terms and conditions of that
contract or law shall prevail.
A copy of the current Employee Handbook and any subsequent
updated versions thereof shall be distributed to all employees. Each
employee shall be required to execute a written acknowledgement of
his receipt of the Employee Handbook and each subsequent version thereof
in a form of acknowledgement established by the Township Administrator.
Revised Employee Handbooks and/or revisions to the
Employee Handbooks shall be adopted by resolution of the Township
Committee. Revised Employee Handbooks or revisions thereto shall be
adopted by resolution, from time to time, whenever any changes in
personnel policy or operations necessitate such action. Whenever there
is a policy revision or change made without complete revision, adoption
and distribution of a revised version of the Employee Handbook, the
Township Administrator shall distribute written notice of the change
or revision to all employees of the Township.
The Township Administrator shall maintain a current,
master copy of the Employee Handbook in the office of the Township
Administrator, which shall be kept up-to-date and include all revisions
and amendments made thereto. The Employee Handbook as maintained by
the Township Administrator shall serve as the controlling source of
the personnel policies and procedures of the Township and shall be
made available to any employees who wish to review same.
The Township of Lumberton may include a copy of the
Employee Handbook as an appendix to the Code of the Township of Lumberton.
In such event, it shall be understood to be for convenience only and
that the Employee Handbook as maintained by the Township Administrator
shall remain the official and controlling version of the Employee
Handbook.