The employees included in this article are those employees of the Police Department and Fire Department, as shown in Article II, Schedules G, H, H-1, K and R, of an Ordinance Establishing the Compensation of City Officials and Employees.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Said schedules are on file in the City offices.
(a) 
For employees in Schedules G, H, H-1, K and R,[1] the workweek shall be 40 hours, five consecutive eight-hour days, with two full consecutive days off. The bonus pay for second and third shifts and Sunday shall be as follows:
(1) 
3:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. to 12:00 midnight: additional $0.20 per hour added to base pay.
(2) 
11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. and 12:01 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.: additional $0.25 per hour added to base pay.
(3) 
For all work performed on Sunday and holidays, in addition to the foregoing bonuses, an additional $0.15 per hour will be paid.
[1]
Editor's Note: Said schedules are on file in the City offices.
(b) 
Any employee serving in the Police Department in the nonuniformed position of clerk-public safety shall receive the appropriate bonus pay as is provided hereinabove in Subsection (a)(1), (2) and (3). This provision will not, however, apply to other special conditions of uniformed employment, including but not limited to holiday pay.
[Amended 11-10-2011; 3-5-2012]
(a) 
For employees in Schedules G, H and H-1,[1] overtime pay shall be received for all hours worked in excess of eight hours per day or 40 hours per week at a rate of not less than 1 1/2 the current salary of employees receiving same. Overtime, as used herein, shall not apply to special assignments voluntarily selected by the employees, such as vacation relief, open assignments, not to exceed a normal eight-hour shift. Any hours worked on said special assignments in addition to the normal eight-hour shift shall be considered as, and paid for under this section as, overtime pay. When an employee is required to return to duty to perform overtime duties on a regular working day, and when the overtime hours so worked are not contiguous with his regular duty hours, he shall be paid not less than four hours at 1 1/2 times the current hourly rate of such employee. Employees in Schedule H,[2] Grade 3, Stenographer, may elect accumulated time in lieu of overtime pay as aforesaid, not to exceed more than 40 hours in each individual accumulated time account at any one time.
[1]
Editor's Note: Said schedules are on file in the City offices.
[2]
Editor’s Note: Said schedule is on file in the City offices.
(b) 
Employees in Schedule R[3] shall receive compensatory time off for all hours worked in excess of the regular established work week. Compensatory time shall accumulate at the rate of one times the excess time worked. Each employee shall be permitted to accumulate and carry forward from year to year a maximum of 30 days' compensatory time off. Any compensatory time off in excess of said 30 days must be taken within one year of when such time was earned. At the time of an employee’s retirement, any unused compensatory time, up to a maximum of 30 days, shall be paid at the current rate for each employee and shall not be included in the employee’s pension base.
[3]
Editor’s Note: Said schedule is on file in the City offices.
(c) 
Employees in Schedule K[4] shall receive accumulated time off for all hours worked in excess of the regular established work week in accordance with the working agreement for the Milford Police Union, Local 899, AFSCME, AFL-CIO. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each employee shall be permitted to accumulate and carry forward from year to year a maximum of 30 days' compensatory time off. Any compensatory time off in excess of said 30 days must be taken within one year of when such time was earned.
[4]
Editor’s Note: Said schedule is on file in the City offices.
(a) 
Holidays.
(1) 
For employees in Schedules G, H, H-1, K and R[1] holidays shall be as follows. Holidays falling on Saturdays and Sundays shall be observed in accordance with the provisions of the Connecticut General Statutes.
New Year's Day
Memorial Day
Martin Luther King Day
Labor Day
Lincoln's Birthday
Columbus Day
Washington's Birthday
Veterans Day
Good Friday
Thanksgiving
Easter
Christmas
Fourth of July
[1]
Editor's Note: Said schedules are on file in the City offices.
(2) 
For employees in Schedules K and R[2] a paid holiday shall be a day’s pay at the current rate for each employee, added to the regular weekly pay of the employee in the week following the holiday.
[Amended 11-10-2011]
[2]
Editor's Note: Said schedules are on file in the City offices.
(3) 
Employees in Schedules G, H and H-1[3] shall receive the holiday off with regular pay only.
[3]
Editor's Note: Said schedules are on file in the City offices.
(4) 
Employees in Schedules G, H and H-1[4] working on a holiday shall receive pay at the rate of 1 1/2 times the current salary for the hours worked in addition to the paid holiday pay as provided herein. Employees in Schedules K and R shall receive compensatory time as provided in Section 19-12(b) of this Article II.
[4]
Editor's Note: Said schedules are on file in the City offices.
(5) 
For employees in Schedules K and R,[5] if any day or fraction thereof is declared by the Mayor to be a holiday for other City employees, the employees set forth herein shall be compensated in accordance with the working agreements for the Milford Police Union, Local 899, AFSCME, AFL-CIO and Local 994, International Association of Firefighters, AFL-CIO, respectively.
[Amended 11-10-2011]
[5]
Editor's Note: Said schedules are on file in the City offices.
(b) 
Vacations. For employees in Schedules G, H, and H-1,[6] vacations shall be granted as follows:calculated on a fiscal-year basis. Each permanent employee shall accrue vacation leave with pay on a monthly basis as provided herein in Subsection (b)(1) and (2) below. Each employee shall be credited with a full month’s vacation eligibility on the last day of each calendar month, provided he has worked or received pay for 14 standard working days of the calendar month.
[Amended 11-10-2011; 3-5-2012]
(1) 
For Fire Department personnel.
a. 
Each permanent employee who has or will have less than one year of service on June 30 of such fiscal year shall receive one working day of vacation leave with pay for each month of service, including his probationary time, up to a maximum of five working days.
b. 
Each employee who has completed one year but less than seven years of service on June 30 of any fiscal year shall receive 10 working days of vacation.
c. 
Each employee who has completed seven years but less than nine years of service on June 30 of any fiscal year shall receive 11 working days of vacation.
d. 
Each employee who has completed nine years but less than 10 years of service on June 30 of any fiscal year shall receive 12 working days of vacation.
e. 
Each employee who has completed 10 years but less than 12 years of service on June 30 in any fiscal year shall receive 15 working days of vacation.
f. 
Each employee who has completed 12 years but less than 14 years of service on June 30 in any fiscal year shall receive 16 working days of vacation.
g. 
Each employee who has completed 14 years but less than 16 years of service on June 30 in any fiscal year shall receive 17 days of vacation.
h. 
Any employee who has completed 16 years but less than 18 years of service on June 30 of any fiscal year shall receive 18 working days of vacation.
i. 
Each employee who has completed 18 years but less than 20 years of service on June 30 in any fiscal year shall receive 19 working days of vacation.
j. 
Each employee who has completed 20 or more years of service on June 30 of any fiscal year shall receive 20 working days of vacation.
(2) 
For Police Department personnel.
a. 
Each employee who has less than one year of service on June 30 of such fiscal year shall receive one working day of vacation leave with pay for each month of service, including his probationary time, up to a maximum of five working days.
b. 
Each employee who has completed one year but less than five years of continuous service on June 30 of any fiscal year shall receive 10 working days of vacation.
c. 
Each employee who has completed five years but less than 10 years of continuous service on June 30 of any fiscal year shall receive 15 working days of vacation.
d. 
Each employee who has completed 10 or more years of continuous service on June 30 of any fiscal year shall receive 20 working days of vacation.
e. 
The policy with respect to carrying over vacation time earned, but not used, is that an employee may carry over a maximum of 1/2 of the vacation time for any fiscal year to the next fiscal year only, provided that the total vacation time entitlement for any year shall not exceed 1 1/2 times the current year’s entitlement. An employee leaving the employ of the City having vacation time earned, but not used, shall at the time of his release from employment be paid in lieu of vacation.
(3) 
The time for taking of all vacations shall be subject to the approval of the department head.
(4) 
For employees in Schedules K and R,[7] vacations shall be the current practice as established by the Board of Police Commissions and Board of Fire Commissioners, respectively.
[7]
Editor’s Note: Said schedule is on file in the City offices.
(5) 
In the event of the death of an employee, all credited vacation time shall be paid to the employee’s estate within 30 days of death.
[6]
Editor's Note: Said schedules are on file in the City offices.
(c) 
Insurance.
(1) 
Group health and dental insurance.
[Amended 11-10-2011; 6-4-2012]
a. 
Group health and dental insurance for eligible employees in Schedule R,[8] and eligible family members, including premium cost shares, shall be in accordance with the working agreement for the Local 944, International Association of Firefighters, AFL-CIO.
[8]
Editor’s Note: Said schedule is on file in the City offices.
b. 
Group health and dental insurance for eligible employees in Schedule K,[9] and eligible family members, including premium cost shares, shall be in accordance with the working agreement for the Milford Police Union, Local 899, AFSCME, AFL-CIO.
[9]
Editor’s Note: Said schedule is on file in the City offices.
c. 
For employees in Schedules G, H and H-1,[10] group health and dental insurance shall be as follows:
1. 
Group health and dental insurance for eligible employees in Schedules G and H-1 Grades 24 and 25,[11] hired prior to July 1, 2012, and eligible family members, shall be in accordance with the working agreement for Local 944, International Association of Firefighters, AFL-CIO, except employees in said schedules shall pay the premium cost shares in accordance with the working agreement for the Milford Employees’ Association (MEA).
[11]
Editor’s Note: Said schedules are on file in the City offices.
2. 
Group health and dental insurance for eligible employees in Schedules H and H-1 Grade 26,[12] hired prior to July 1, 2012, and eligible family members, shall be in accordance with the working agreement for Milford Police Union, Local 899, AFSCME, AFL-CIO, except employees in said schedules shall pay the premium cost shares in accordance with the working agreement for the Milford Employees’ Association (MEA).
[12]
Editor’s Note: Said schedules are on file in the City offices.
3. 
Group health and dental insurance for eligible employees in Schedules G, H and H-1,[13] hired on or after July 1, 2012, and eligible family members, including premium cost shares, shall be in accordance with the working agreement for the Milford Employees’ Association (MEA).
[13]
Editor’s Note: Said schedules are on file in the City offices.
[10]
Editor’s Note: Said schedules are on file in the City offices.
d. 
In the event of the death of an employee in Schedules G, H and H-1,[14] the health and dental benefits pursuant to Subsection (c)(1)c1, 2 and 3 hereinabove shall be continued for the employee’s spouse and eligible dependents for a period of one year after the employee’s death, provided that said spouse and dependents remain otherwise eligible for said benefits.
[14]
Editor’s Note: Said schedule is on file in the City offices.
(2) 
Group life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance.
a. 
Group life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance for eligible employees in Schedule R[15] shall be in accordance with the working agreement for the Local 994, International Association of Firefighters, AFL-CIO.
[15]
Editor's Note: Said schedule is on file in the City offices.
b. 
Group life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance for eligible employees in Schedule K[16] shall be in accordance with the working agreement for the Milford Police Union, Local 899, AFSCME, AFL-CIO.
[16]
Editor's Note: Said schedule is on file in the City offices.
c. 
Group life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance for employees in Schedules G, H and H-1[17] shall be in accordance with the working agreement for Milford Employees' Association (MEA).
[17]
Editor's Note: Said schedules are on file in the City offices.
(d) 
Insurance for retired employees.
(1) 
Group health insurance.
[Amended 11-10-2011; 6-4-2012]
a. 
Group health insurance for eligible employees in Schedule R,[18] who have retired under the Pension Plan of the City of Milford, and said retiree’s spouse and eligible dependents, including premium cost shares, shall be in accordance with the working agreement for the Local 944, International Association of Firefighters, AFL-CIO.
[18]
Editor’s Note: Said schedule is on file in the City offices.
b. 
Group health insurance for eligible employees in Schedule K,[19] who have retired under the Pension Plan of the City of Milford, and said retiree’s spouse and eligible dependents, including premium cost shares, shall be in accordance with the working agreement for the Milford Police Union, Local 899, AFSCME, AFL-CIO.
[19]
Editor’s Note: Said schedule is on file in the City offices.
c. 
For employees in Schedules G, H and H-1,[20] group health insurance shall be as follows:
1. 
Group health insurance for eligible employees in Schedules G and H-1 Grades 24 and 25,[21] hired prior to July 1, 2012, who have retired under the Pension Plan of the City of Milford, and said retiree’s spouse and eligible dependents, shall be in accordance with the working agreement for Local 944, International Association of Firefighters, AFL-CIO, except employees in said schedules shall pay the premium cost shares in accordance with the working agreement for the Milford Employees’ Association (MEA).
[21]
Editor’s Note: Said schedules are on file in the City offices.
2. 
Group health insurance for eligible employees in Schedules H and H-1 Grade 26,[22] hired prior to July 1, 2012, who have retired under the Pension Plan of the City of Milford, and said retiree’s spouse and eligible dependents, shall be in accordance with the working agreement for Milford Police Union, Local 899, AFSCME, AFL-CIO, except employees in said schedules shall pay the premium cost shares in accordance with the working agreement for the Milford Employees’ Association (MEA).
[22]
Editor’s Note: Said schedules are on file in the City offices.
3. 
Group health insurance for eligible employees in Schedules G, H and H-1,[23] hired on or after July 1, 2012, who have retired under the Pension Plan of the City of Milford, and said retiree’s spouse and eligible dependents, including premium cost shares, shall be in accordance with the working agreement for the Milford Employees’ Association (MEA).
[23]
Editor’s Note: Said schedules are on file in the City offices.
[20]
Editor’s Note: Said schedules are on file in the City offices.
d. 
In the event of the death of a retiree in Schedules G, H and H-1,[24] the health and dental benefits pursuant to Subsection (c)(1)c1, 2 and 3 hereinabove shall be continued for the retiree’s spouse and eligible dependents for a period of one year after the retiree’s death, provided that said spouse and dependents remain otherwise eligible for said benefits.
[24]
Editor’s Note: Said schedules are on file in the City offices.
(2) 
Group life insurance.
a. 
Group life insurance for eligible employees in Schedule R[25] shall be in accordance with the working agreement for the Local 994, International Association of Firefighters, AFL-CIO.
[25]
Editor's Note: Said schedule is on file in the City offices.
b. 
Group life insurance for eligible employees in Schedule K[26] shall be in accordance with the working agreement for the Milford Police Union, Local 899, AFSCME, AFL-CIO.
[26]
Editor's Note: Said schedule is on file in the City offices.
c. 
Group life insurance for employees in Schedules G, H and H-1[27] shall be in accordance with the working agreement for Milford Employees' Association (MEA).
[27]
Editor's Note: Said schedules are on file in the City offices.
(e) 
Longevity.
[Amended 2-5-2018]
(1) 
Employees in Schedule K,[28] shall be entitled to longevity in accordance with the working agreement for the Milford Police Union.
[28]
Editor's Note: Said schedule is on file in the City offices.
(2) 
Employees in Schedules G and R[29] shall be entitled to longevity in accordance with the working agreement for the Local 994, International Association of Firefighters, AFL-CIO.
[29]
Editor's Note: Said schedules are on file in the City offices.
(3) 
Employees in Schedules H and H-1,[30] hired on or before January 31, 2018, shall be entitled to longevity in accordance with the working agreement for the Milford Employee's Association (MEA). Employees hired on or after February 1, 2018, shall not be entitled to longevity.
[30]
Editor's Note: Said schedules are on file in the City offices.
(a) 
For Police Department personnel in Schedules H, H-1 Grade 26, and K.[1]
(1) 
Sick leave.
a. 
Each employee shall be allowed 1 1/4 days of sick leave per month.
b. 
Unused days up to 15 days in any year shall be credited to said employee's account. Such account shall be known as "sick leave account" or "bank," and shall be cumulative over the period of years said employee remains in the Department.
c. 
At the discretion of the Board of Police Commissioners additional sick leave may be voted for hardship cases.
d. 
Any illness of over three days' duration shall require a doctor's certificate, to be forwarded to the Chief of Police, upon return to work.
e. 
Illness on regular days off, or during vacation, shall not be charged against the employee's sick leave account.
f. 
In the event that any employee accumulates a deficiency in his sick leave account, he shall be required to make up at least eight hours in each fourteen-day period following his return to work. Failure to do so will be cause for nonpayment for time lost during any subsequent illness, provided the deficit still exists.
g. 
Employees of the Department shall have the right to transfer from their sick leave account any number of days they may wish to another employee's sick leave account, with the approval of the Chief.
h. 
Each employee of the Department who was employed by the Milford Police Department prior to January 1, 1984, and who is retired under the Pension Plan, shall be financially compensated (i.e., paid in cash) for 100% of all unused sick days credited to the employee's account at the time of his or her retirement. Effective January 1, 1984, each officer employed on or after that date shall be financially compensated (i.e., paid in cash) for 100% of all unused sick days up to a limit of 110 days. For the purpose of the foregoing, the word retirement shall be construed to mean the following:
1. 
Normal retirement.
2. 
Disability retirement.
3. 
The death of an employee in service prior to his normal retirement date, in which event such payment shall be made to his estate or other lawful heir.
(2) 
Bereavement leave.
a. 
Each employee may take up to four consecutive full days off, without loss of pay, because of the death of a member of the employee's immediate family.
b. 
Each employee may take up to three consecutive days off, without loss of pay, due to the death of the employee's spouse's immediate family.
c. 
"Immediate family" under this section shall be:
Mother
Sister
Brother
Wife
Father
Daughter
Husband
Son
Any other relative who is an actual member of the household.
d. 
Each employee may take up to two days off due to the death of any blood relative. For the purpose of this section, "blood relative" shall include aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, grandparents and first cousins. Said two days are to be deducted from the employee's sick leave account, and the employee's entitlement to take such time off shall be corroborated by an obituary notice or memorandum, which is to be submitted to the employee's superior officer, within 48 hours after the employee has returned to duty.
e. 
Time off relative to Subsection (a)(2)a and b of this section shall not be deducted from the employee's sick leave account.
(3) 
Uniforms and clothing.
a. 
All plainclothes personnel, with the exception of those in Schedules H and H-1,[2] shall be paid a clothing allowance in accordance with the working agreement for the Milford Police Union, Local 899, AFSCME, AFL-CIO.
[2]
Editor's Note: Said schedules are on file in the City offices.
b. 
The City will provide uniformed employees with uniforms as needed.
c. 
The City shall reimburse any employee, with the exception of those in Schedules H and H-1,[3] for the loss or damage of clothing and/or personal property suffered in the performance of duty, provided such loss is not a result of the officer's negligence.
[3]
Editor's Note: Said schedules are on file in the City offices.
d. 
Each employee, with the exception of those in Schedules H and H-1,[4] shall receive a uniform clothing and maintenance allowance in accordance with the working agreement for the Milford Police Union, Local 899, AFSCME, AFL-CIO.
[4]
Editor's Note: Said schedules are on file in the City offices.
(4) 
Personal time. Each employee shall be allowed two days' emergency leave without loss of pay for each occurrence, for the purpose of securing help and care for any member of the employee's or spouse's immediate family who may be ill or injured, but said days are to be deducted from such employee's sick leave account.
(5) 
Book allowance. Each employee shall be reimbursed in an amount up to $75 per fiscal year for the cost of books and related equipment incurred in pursuit of a police-related course of study.
[1]
Editor's Note: Said schedules are on file in the City offices.
(b) 
For Fire Department personnel in Schedules G, H-1 Grades 24 and 25, and R.[5]
(1) 
Sick leave. The current practice as established by the Board of Fire Commissioners shall be maintained.
(2) 
Bereavement leave. Bereavement leave of three days shall be granted. Bereavement leave shall be granted in the event of the death of the employee's spouse, father, mother, father-in-law, mother-in-law, daughter, son, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, brother, sister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandfather, grandmother, grandchild or relative domiciled in the house where the employee resides. One day's leave shall be granted in the event of the death of the employee's aunt, uncle, niece or nephew, and spouse's grandparents. The leave with pay provided for in this section may, for special reasons, be extended upon approval of the Chief.
(3) 
Uniform allowance.
a. 
The City shall provide first-grade dress and work uniforms and protective clothing for each employee, with the exception of those employees in Schedules G and H-1.[6]
[6]
Editor's Note: Said schedules are on file in the City offices.
b. 
Each employee, with the exception of those in Schedules G and H-1,[7] shall receive a uniform maintenance allowance in accordance with the working agreement for the Local 994, International Association of Firefighters, AFL-CIO.
[7]
Editor's Note: Said schedules are on file in the City offices.
(4) 
Terminal leave. Each employee, with the exception of those in Schedules G and H-1,[8] upon retirement shall, in addition to all other benefits to which he is entitled, receive one day's terminal leave pay, paid at his current rate, for each full year of service he had with the Fire Department.
[8]
Editor's Note: Said schedules are on file in the City offices.
(5) 
Personal property loss. For employees in Schedule R[9] the City shall pay for the reasonable cost of replacing any employee's dentures or prescription eyeglasses which are damaged or lost in the performance of firefighting or rescue duties provided the loss or damage is reported to the Duty Officer before the termination of his tour of duty that day.
[9]
Editor's Note: Said schedule is on file in the City offices.
[5]
Editor's Note: Said schedules are on file in the City offices.