Accurate and complete time and attendance records
shall be maintained by each department of the Borough of Rutherford.
The person in charge of the department, office or activity shall certify
as to the accuracy of the time report or record. The person in charge
of each department shall submit, in writing, to the Borough Clerk,
not later than the 10th of each month, a statement showing any time
not worked in the previous month by an employee because of sickness.
All borough employees shall be at their assigned
posts or point of duty at the established starting time each working
day unless on vacation, absent or on leave of absence.
Being on time is of the utmost importance, consequently
any lateness and the reason for it shall be noted on the time report
and may be the basis for disciplinary action against the offending
employee.
It is the responsibility of each employee to
notify his superior without delay if he will be absent from, or delayed
in reaching, his assigned post. Failure to report is a serious offense
which cannot be tolerated, as it is the responsibility of each department
head to know, at all times, the whereabouts of every member of his
group.
[Amended 2-4-58 by Ord. No. 1733]
The regular working hours for each department
are hereby established as follows:
A. Board of Assessors, Building Department, Clerk's Office,
Purchasing Department and Tax Office, 37 1/2 hours per week.
B. Police Department, 40 hours per week.
C. Shade Tree Department, 40 hours per week.
D. Animal Warden. The Animal Warden shall perform his
duties under the supervision of the Chief of Police and he shall be
subject to the schedule of working hours, vacation and sick leave
applying to the Department of Public Works.
E. Relief Office, 18 hours, for such periods as may be
designated by resolution of the Mayor and Council.
[Amended 6-16-1959 by Ord. No. 1778]
F. Public Works employees assigned as street employees, Police and Fire Signal Maintenance System employees and automotive repair employees, 40 hours per week. Public works employees, consisting of equipment operators and laborers, assigned to the collection of garbage and trash, shall complete a task assigned to them by the Superintendent of Public Works as a day's work. Such task shall consist of an area or district of the borough delineated and described by said Superintendent with the approval of the Mayor and Council. Said task work shall be completed each day regardless of the number of hours worked by any such employee without payment for overtime as provided in Article
IV of this chapter. During monthly trash collection periods, such employees shall assist in such work after the completion of their task.
[Amended 6-19-1962 by Ord. No. 1857]
Any change in the approved working hours must
be authorized in advance by the Mayor and Council.
[Added 5-16-1961 by Ord. No. 1831]
The following regulations are hereby established
for the use of the time clock by the employees of the Department of
Public Works:
A. Each employee shall be issued a timecard to record
his periods of employment by means of said time clock.
B. Each employee shall record the beginning and termination
of each period of employment on his said timecard.
C. Each employee whose work consists of removing trash
and garbage receptacles from the rear of a building to the curb shall
only be required to record the termination of each period of employment
on his timecard.
D. An employee who is on duty as a member of the Fire
Department at the beginning or termination of his period of employment
shall have such beginning or termination of his period of employment
recorded on his timecard by his foreman who shall initial the recording.
E. These regulations shall not apply to the Superintendent
of Public Works and the foremen.
F. No employee shall record the beginning or termination
of a period of employment for another employee except as herein provided.
[Added 6-19-1962 by Ord. No. 1857]
All records filed with the Borough Clerk-Comptroller
for payroll purposes shall be audited periodically by him at such
times as he shall determine or at such other times as the Mayor and
Council shall direct. A full and complete report of such audits shall
be submitted to the Mayor and Council for its study and consideration.
[Added 6-19-1962 by 0rd. No. 1857]
The Superintendent of Public Works shall file the timecards required by §
70-11 of this article with the Borough Clerk-Comptroller at such times as shall be designated by the Mayor and Council.