[Amended 3-23-2004 by Ord. No. 06-2004]
A. 
The normal workweek for all Borough departments and offices is Monday through Friday. The regular hours for the offices located in the Municipal Complex is 9:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. The office hours for the Board of Health are 10:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. on Mondays and 11:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., Tuesday through Friday. The regular hours for the Department of Public Works and Sewer Department are 7:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. These hours may be changed only by action of the Borough Council by amendment to this chapter or by resolution.
B. 
Employees are required to be present and ready for work at their designated work stations at the specified starting times, unless they are sick or on authorized leave. Absences that precede or follow scheduled days off, tardiness, leaving work early, patterns of excessive Monday or Friday absences (Saturday and Sunday absences for employees of the Police Department) and similar types of unsatisfactory attendance will be cause for suspension or dismissal from service.
C. 
Employees are not permitted to conduct private or personal business or engage in outside employment during regularly scheduled working hours. Employees are prohibited from receiving personal mail and/or deliveries at their designated work stations on Borough premises.
Hours of work of all departmental units shall be determined by the department head and approved by the Borough Council. Each department head shall have the power to alter or extend such hours of work to meet emergency, unusual or unforeseen conditions.
[Amended 3-23-2004 by Ord. No. 06-2004]
A. 
All employees are required to punch in on time-recording devices prior to the start of their scheduled work shift and punch out at the end of their work shift.
B. 
All employees are required to punch in and out for lunch. There must be an appropriate time gap between punching in and out in accordance with the scheduled length of the lunch period (i.e., 30 minutes and/or one hour).
C. 
Lateness shall be deducted in increments of 15 minutes at each quarter-hour period. One lateness per week of five minutes or less shall be excused.
D. 
If an employee punches in late, there will be no compensatory time.
E. 
Failure to punch in or out as set forth above will result in loss of wages for the period of time not documented on the time-recording device. Multiple infractions of this policy will be cause for suspension.
F. 
Department heads are not permitted to employees in and/or out when the employee has failed to do same. If there is an emergency where the employee must leave his job site without being able to get to the time clock, the department head or Borough Clerk's office must be contacted immediately and a note will be made as to the employee, the reason for leaving and the time the employee left.
G. 
Accurate and complete time and attendance records will be maintained by each departmental unit of the Borough. The head of the department will certify as to the accuracy of the time and attendance records and submit same to the Borough Clerk at the end of each week. Where an employee works alone in the office or without a department head, then said records will be kept by the Borough Clerk who will be deemed to be the department head of said employee.
A. 
All Borough employees are to be at their assigned posts ready for work as specified by the department head, unless on vacation, leave of absence or absent for good cause.
B. 
Being punctual is of utmost importance; consequently lateness and the reason for it will be noted on the time record. Recurring or chronic lateness will be cause for suspension or dismissal from service.
[Amended 3-23-2004 by Ord. No. 06-2004]
A. 
It is the responsibility of each employee to notify his department head without delay if he will be absent from or delayed in reaching his assigned post. Those employees working alone in an office or without an immediate head of the department shall notify the Borough Clerk. If the employee is unable to reach his departmental head, the Borough Clerk should be notified. Failure to make such report when absent is a serious offense which cannot be tolerated and may lead to disciplinary action or dismissal by the Borough Council.
B. 
No employee shall leave his designated post without first notifying his department head. An employee who is also a member of the Borough of Totowa Volunteer Fire Department and/or First Aid Squad may be released from his assigned duties after receiving permission from his department head in order to respond to a fire or emergency within the Borough or as part of the Mutual Aid Agreement. No employee will be permitted to respond to a call to stand in at an out-of-town firehouse. Any employee who responds to a fire or emergency without the permission of his department head will have his pay docked for the time away from his post. Multiple infractions of this policy will be cause for suspension.
[Added 3-23-2004 by Ord. No. 06-2004]
C. 
No employee shall take a municipal vehicle outside of the borders of Totowa without first notifying their department head. An employee who leaves Totowa without the permission of their department head will have his pay docked for the time away from his post. An infraction of this policy will be cause for suspension.
[Added 3-23-2004 by Ord. No. 06-2004]
A. 
Lunch periods shall be as specified by the department head, and he shall make certain that duty stations will be covered during the period. The normal time allowed for lunch for employees in Borough offices is one hour. Tardiness in returning from lunch is not permitted unless authorized in advance by the department head.
B. 
A ten-minute coffee break is permitted between 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. and between 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Arrangements shall be made for proper manning of all departments during such coffee breaks.
A. 
Overtime work shall be kept to a minimum and, except in cases of emergency, shall be authorized by the heads of departments with the approval of the respective Chairman of the committee responsible for such department. Reasons for all overtime shall be noted on all time sheets of respective employees.
[Amended 11-12-1974 by Ord. No. 1027]
B. 
In all instances, however, overtime compensation shall commence only after the completion of eight hours work in any one calendar day or after the completion of 40 hours work in any one calendar week. Holidays and vacation days may be counted toward the 40 hours for overtime, but not sick days.
C. 
When it becomes necessary for standby personnel to be called out on emergency calls, such personnel will be credited with a minimum of four hours. If the employee is called out on an emergency after the expiration of the initial four-hour period, the employee will be credited with a minimum of three hours.
[Amended 3-23-2004 by Ord. No. 06-2004]
D. 
Authorized overtime compensation shall be computed at an hourly rate equal to one and one-half times the equivalent hourly rate prescribed by the Salary Ordinance,[1] except for department heads who shall receive time off on an hour-for-hour basis.
[1]
Editor's Note: The currently effective Salary Ordinances are on file in the office of the Borough Clerk and are available for examination during office hours.