The following types of appointments may be made without competitive
examination when circumstances require:
A. Student appointments. Student appointments have the purpose of affording
students of government and other professional areas an opportunity
to gain actual work experience. Such appointments shall be for a definite
period of time but not to exceed 12 months.
B. Emergency appointments. In order to prevent stoppage of public business
or loss or serious inconvenience to the public, appointment of persons,
on a temporary basis, may be authorized by the Township Manager. Emergency
appointments will be discontinued upon the termination of the emergency.
C. Provisional appointments. When an eligibility list for a position
does not exist, a person may be appointed to a position on a provisional
basis. A provisional appointment shall continue only until an appropriate
eligibility list can be established and certification for employment
made therefrom, or shall expire automatically three months from the
date of such appointment. The Director of the Department of Human
Resources may approve the extension of a provisional appointment for
additional three-month periods, except that a provisionally appointed
employee may not serve on a provisional basis for more than one year.
D. Temporary appointments. Temporary appointments may be made when a
job or special project requires the addition of employees for a specific
time. The Township Manager shall authorize such appointments upon
the written recommendation of the Director of the Department of Human
Resources, stating the cause of the extra work, the probable length
of employment and the duties which the appointee is to perform.
E. Part-time appointments. Part-time appointments may be made when the
fulfillment of the duties of a position requires less than the time
period associated with the normal workweek or it is deemed in the
best interests of the Township to fill a position by such an appointment.
Part-time employees work less than the normal workweek but without
time limitation or specific restrictions as to continued employment.
The Director of the Department of Human Resources shall prescribe
in the personnel rules and regulations provisions pertaining to the
attendance, work hours, sick and vacation leave and holidays and overtime
and the compensation for same for those employees in the Township
service.