[Adopted 11-17-1980 by Ord. No. 643]
The following personnel policies and conditions
of employment shall apply to all Galloway Township employees not covered
by a collective bargaining agreement.
The regularly scheduled workweek shall consist
of 35 hours for white collar employees and 40 hours for blue collar
employees.
[Amended 2-9-2010 by Ord. No. 1805; 7-23-2013 by Ord. No. 1875]
A white-collar employee who works a scheduled 35 hours per week
will be classified as a full-time employee. A blue-collar employee
who works a scheduled 40 hours per week will be classified as a full-time
employee.
[Amended 12-15-1980 by Ord. No. 649]
Salaries shall be as set forth in the Galloway
Township Salary Survey of 1979 by Larson, Rapking-Allen, Inc., or
as amended by the Township Council upon recommendation by the Township
Manager. All employees will be evaluated annually on his/her performance
in his/her job classification. Any employee judged to be performing
in an outstanding manner, which shall be defined as receiving no grade
less than a four on the Galloway Township Personnel Rating Sheet,
may be granted annually a 1/2 step increment upon recommendation by
the department head to the Township Manager. Any employees evaluated
as performing unsatisfactorily may, upon recommendation by the department
head, be denied a salary increment in any given year.
[Amended 5-18-1982 by Ord. No. 694]
As of the effective date of this section, longevity
pay shall no longer be a manner of payment to which the employees
of the Township of Galloway shall be entitled. Any longevity pay increases
earned by any employee and which are being received by any employee
as of the effective date of this amended section shall be continued
and shall be considered as additional base salary. No further longevity
pay shall be payable to any such employee or any other employee of
the Township as of the effective date of this amended section.
[Added 9-22-2015 by Ord.
No. 1918-2015]
A. Employee eligibility. The Galloway Township employee shall be eligible
to receive donated sick leave if the employee:
(1) Is a full-time Galloway Township employee and has completed at least
one year of continuous service to the Township of Galloway; and
(2) Has exhausted all accrued sick, vacation and personal leave; all
sick leave injury benefits; and compensatory time and flex time where
applicable; and
(3) Has not, in the two-year period immediately preceding the employee's
need for donated leave, been disciplined for chronic or excessive
absenteeism, chronic or excessive lateness or abuse of leave; and
(4) Either:
(a)
Suffers from a catastrophic health condition or injury requiring
absence from work for 60 days or longer; or
(b)
Is needed to provide care to a member of the employee's
immediate family, as defined as "immediate family" under the FMLA
(spouse, domestic partner, son, daughter, legal ward or parent), who
is suffering from a catastrophic health condition or injury; or
(c)
Requires absence from work due to the donation of an organ (which
shall include, for example, the donation of bone marrow).
(5) For the purposes of the Galloway Township Donated Leave Program,
a "catastrophic health condition or injury" shall be defined as:
(a)
With respect to an employee, a "catastrophic health condition
or injury" is either:
[1]
A life-threatening condition or combination of conditions; or
[2]
A period of disability required by his or her mental or physical
health or the health of an employee's fetus which requires the
care of a physician who provides a medical verification of the need
for the employee's absence from work for 60 or more workdays.
(b)
With respect to an employee's immediate family member,
a "catastrophic health condition or injury" is either:
[1]
A life-threatening condition or combination of conditions; or
[2]
A period of disability required by his or her mental or physical
health which requires the care of a physician who provides a medical
verification of the need for the immediate family member's care
by the employee for 60 or more workdays.
B. Required approval.
(1) The employee may request his/her department head approve his or her
participation in the program, as a leave recipient or as a leave donor.
The department head shall submit the application to the Township Manager
for final approval. (Department heads shall make application directly
to the Township Manager.)
(2) Leave recipient.
(a)
The leave recipient, upon application to the program, shall
submit medical verification from a physician indicating the nature,
severity and anticipated duration of the catastrophic health condition
or injury, or the donation of an organ, as the case may be. A certification
shall also be provided that the recipient has neither threatened nor
coerced, nor solicited nor offered anything of value, for the purpose
of obtaining a donation of leave.
(b)
Upon approval of the Township Manager, the Manager shall, with
the leave recipient's consent, post or circulate the employee's
name along with those of other eligible employees in a conspicuous
manner to encourage the donation of leave time, and shall provide
notice to all negotiations representatives in the Township. If the
employee is unable to consent, based on the underlying condition,
to the posting or circulation, the employee's family may consent
on his or her behalf.
(c)
A leave recipient must receive at least five sick days from
one or more leave donors to participate in the leave donation program.
(d)
A leave recipient shall neither receive nor use more than 180
sick days and shall not receive any such days on a retroactive basis.
(e)
The leave recipient shall not be compensated or be granted supplemental
compensation for any donated leave time, whether upon retirement or
"buy back" leave time at the end of the calendar year.
(f)
An employee receiving donated leave shall not receive temporary
disability benefits for the same time period he/she is paid wages
from donated sick leave.
(g)
Sick and vacation time will not continue to accrue for the recipient
while participating in the program.
(3) Leave donor.
(a)
A leave donor shall donate only whole sick days and may not
donate more than 10 such days to any one recipient. Ten days of donation
to any one recipient is a lifetime maximum.
(b)
A leave donor shall have remaining at least 20 days of accrued
sick leave after the donation is calculated.
(c)
A leave donor shall not revoke the leave donation. If there
is, however, any unused donated time for the recipient, the leave
time shall be returned to the donors on a prorated basis in whole
days. The return of donated time is triggered upon the recipient employee's
full-time return to work or separation from the Township. Any portion
that would amount to less than one day shall not be returned and shall
be forfeited.
(d)
The donor's leave time will be reduced permanently by the
number of days that are to be donated.
(e)
The donor may not solicit or accept any money, gift, credit,
gratuity, a promise of future compensation, thing of value or compensation
of any kind in exchange for the donation.
C. Voluntary donations. Township employees shall be prohibited from
intimidating, threatening or coercing or attempting to threaten or
coerce another employee for the purpose of interfering with the rights
involving donating, receiving or using donated sick time. Such prohibited
acts shall include, but are not limited to, promising or conferring
a benefit such as an appointment or promotion or making a threat to
engage in, or engaging in, an act of retaliation against an employee.
D. Administration.
(1) Donated days are paid to the recipient at the recipient's rate
of pay. One day equals one day.
(2) The use of donated time shall not affect the running of any applicable
FMLA leave.
(3) No issue or dispute arising out of the administration of this program
will be either grievable or arbitrable.
(4) The Township Manager's Office/Personnel Office shall retain
all records concerning the donated leave program.
(5) The Township Manager may suspend or terminate the donated leave program
at any time upon 30 days' written notice to Council, department
heads, collective bargaining unit representatives and all employees.
[Amended 12-10-1991 by Ord. No. 1068]
A. Employees shall be entitled to the following annual
vacation days with pay. During the probation period of six months,
employees shall not take vacation days.
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Employment
(years)
|
Number of Vacation Days
|
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1
|
1 per month up to 10
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2 through 5
|
11
|
|
6 through 10
|
13
|
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11 through 19
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18
|
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20 and over [Amended 11-25-2003 by Ord. No. 1551]
|
22
|
B. All vacation days accumulated through and including
December 31, 1991, shall continue to be credited to all employees.
C. All vacation time earned on or after January 1, 1992,
may be carried over for one year only. All vacation days carried over
from the previous year not used in the succeeding year shall be lost
unless extended by the Township Manager with the recommendation from
the department head.
D. An employee who retires or resigns shall be entitled
to reimbursement for all accumulated vacation time as defined above,
computed at the employee's daily rate of pay at the time of retirement
or resignation and shall be paid in the next payroll period following
retirement or resignation.
E. Department heads.
[Added 11-28-1995 by Ord. No. 1226]
(1) For purposes of this section, the term "department
heads" shall include the Township Manager, Director of Public Works,
Chief of Police, Chief Financial Officer, the Township Clerk, the
Construction Official, the Director of Community Services and the
Court Administrator.
[Amended 11-25-2003 by Ord. No. 1551; 6-10-2008 by Ord. No.
1759; 6-9-2010 by Ord. No. 1814; 12-13-2016 by Ord. No. 1951-2016]
(2)
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Employment
(years)
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Number of Vacation Days
|
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|
1
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1 per month not to exceed 12 per year
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2 through 20
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20 per year
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20 and over
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25 per year
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(3) The provisions of §
73-10B,
C and
D shall apply with respect to the disposition and usage of the vacation days.
F. The following positions shall be permitted to buy
back up to 10 unused vacation days each year with the approval of
the Township Manager: Chief Financial Officer, Director of Public
Works, Chief of Police, Police Captain, Township Clerk, the Construction
Official, the Director of Community Services and the Court Administrator.
[Added 11-25-2003 by Ord. No. 1551;
amended 12-13-2016 by Ord. No.
1951-2016]
G. The Township
Manager shall be permitted to buy back up to 10 unused vacation days
each year with the approval of the governing body.
[Added 6-9-2010 by Ord. No. 1814]
[Amended 12-15-1980 by Ord. No. 649; 4-24-1990 by Ord. No. 994]
The Township Manager or his designee shall hereafter
and from time-to-time as may be necessary promulgate and thereafter
amend such Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures as is deemed necessary
and proper to ensure the equal treatment of the Galloway Township
noncontract.
[Adopted 1-26-2010 by Ord. No. 1798]