This article shall apply to all departments and officers of
the City and all employees thereof, except the School Department and
the Welfare Department, and the employees of the School Department
and Welfare Department, persons employed in the comprehensive City
demonstration program (model cities), all persons hired under the
Emergency Employment Act of 1971, all persons hired whose positions
are funded under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of
1968, persons hired whose positions are funded under the Housing Act
of 1954, § 701, and all persons hired by the City or any
department thereof by contract or agreement.
Nothing in this article shall be construed to conflict with
MGL c. 31.
[Amended 5-9-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-10; 10-9-2002 by Ord. No.
2002-30; 2-26-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-4]
There shall be in each of the following departments subject
to this chapter the following permanent positions:
A.
Board of Assessors:
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One Administrative Assistant, Board of Assessors
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One Assistant Assessor
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One Principal Clerk
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Three Senior Clerks and Typists
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Two Clerks and Typists
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B.
Board of Election Commissioners:
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One Principal Clerk
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Two Clerks and Typists
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Executive Secretary to the Board of Election Commissioners
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C.
City Auditor:
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One City Auditor
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One Chief Accountant
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One Senior Accountant
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Two Principal Accounts Clerks
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One Senior Account Clerk
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Two Account Clerks
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One Comptroller
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D.
City Council:
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One Head Clerk
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One Clerk and Typist
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One Assistant Clerk of Committees
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E.
City Clerk:
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City Clerk
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One Assistant City Clerk
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One Head Clerk
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Two Principal Clerks
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One Senior Clerk and Stenographer
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Two Clerks and Stenographers
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One Clerk and Typist
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F.
City Treasurer-Collector:
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City Treasurer-Collector
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One Assistant City Treasurer-Collector
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Two Head Clerks
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One Senior Bookkeeping Machine Operator
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One Senior Cashier
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One Senior Account Clerk
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Three Cashiers
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Two Bookkeeping Machine Operators
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Three Senior Clerks and Typists
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One Account Clerk
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G.
Human Resources:
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One Personnel Director
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One Clerk and Typist
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Two Personnel Technicians
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H.
Planning Board:
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One Executive Planner
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One Senior Clerk and Stenographer
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I.
Purchasing Department:
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One Purchasing Agent
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One Senior Clerk and Typist
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J.
Traffic Department:
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One Working Foreman (Traffic Sign Maintenance Man)
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One Silk Screen Sign Painter
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Three Maintenance Men (Traffic Signs)
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One Working Foreman (Parking Meter Repairman)
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Four Parking Meter Repairmen
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One Clerk and Typist
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One Principal Clerk
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One Business Manager (Traffic Department)
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Weights and Measures Department:
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One Sealer of Weights and Measures
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Two Deputy Sealers of Weights and Measures
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One Sealer's Helper
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[Amended 8-22-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-23]
A.
Every employee in a position for which step rates are provided may
be considered eligible for an increase in compensation to the next
higher step rate within his compensation grade when he has completed
the required period of continuous service at each rate. After one
year or part thereof at the minimum; and after one year at each intermediate
step rate; provided, however, that if an employee is promoted or appointed
to a higher rated position and placed in a higher step within a grade
or is granted a salary increase and placed in a higher step within
a grade he may be considered eligible for an increase in compensation
to the next higher step rate within his compensation grade on April
1 following the date of attainment of the preceding step.
B.
The department head having jurisdiction of an employee about to be
eligible for a step rate increase may, within 30 days of eligibility
or at any time after eligibility, submit a written recommendation
to the Personnel Grievance Board requesting that such increase be
granted effective on the date of eligibility. Such increase shall
be granted in accordance with the recommendation unless disapproved
by the Personnel Committee within 30 days after receipt of the recommendation.
C.
If a department head has failed to recommend an employee for a step
rate increase, the Personnel Grievance Board may, either upon request
of the employee or on its own initiative, confer with the employee
and the department head, and upon determination that no reasonable
grounds exist for failure to recommend such step rate increase, may
thereupon grant such increase in the absence of a recommendation as
of the employee's date of eligibility.
D.
Emergency employees not otherwise designated shall start and remain
at the minimum established for the grade and schedule. This subsection
shall not apply to the present incumbents holding the positions of
Superintendent of Parks, Assistant Superintendent of Water, and Senior
Sanitary Engineer on July 1, 1981, and such incumbents shall advance
to the proper step in grade commensurate with their years of service
in accordance with the remaining provisions of this section effective
on July 1, 1981.
E.
Other employees, except permanent intermittent employees, shall be
deemed to be eligible to advance to the next step, as provided in
this section, if they have not been off the payroll for more than
30 working days. A period of more than 30 working days off the payroll
shall defer the increment date from April 1 to the date corresponding
to the length of time off the payroll, unless such period off the
payroll shall have been due to illness, in which case the increment
date shall not be deferred.
[Amended 8-22-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-23]
A.
When an employee is promoted to a higher-rated position, he shall
enter it at the second step in the range for such position; provided,
however, that if such step is not at least two steps above his present
rate, then he shall enter the new grade at the rate which is two steps
above his present rate.
B.
When a uniformed member of the Police Department who is covered by
the bargaining unit is promoted to a higher grade, he shall enter
the new grade in the same step which he held in the old grade.
C.
When a uniformed member of the Fire Department who is covered by
the bargaining unit is promoted to a higher grade, he shall enter
the new grade in the same step which he held in the old grade.
D.
If an employee is transferred to a lower-rated position for the convenience
of the City, he shall enter it at his rate in the position from which
he is transferred.
E.
If a provisional, temporary or permanent employee is appointed to
a higher-rated or equally rated position in the same or any other
department, he shall enter it at the minimum rate of the range for
such position; provided, however, if his existing rate is higher than
the minimum rate for the new position, he shall enter the position
at the same rate as his present rate. If such new appointment is on
a temporary or provisional basis, the employee shall advance within
his compensation grade to the same extent as if he had remained in
his permanent position.
A.
A permanent part-time employee is an employee who works less than
the full workweek.
B.
A permanent intermittent employee is an employee who works for a
recurrent period of time that is less than a full work year of 12
consecutive months.
C.
Permanent part-time and permanent intermittent employees may be considered for step rate increases, provided their positions are allocated to salary ranges, on the same basis as employees in permanent full-time positions, except that such employees must complete the equivalent of 30 weeks ,as the word "week" is defined in § 50-121. In the case of a permanent part-time employee or of a permanent intermittent employee, these 30 weeks are not limited to any calendar period.
D.
Compensation for those employees in part-time positions in classes
assigned to a salary range but who work less than the full workweek
shall be an amount which bears the same proportion to the full-time
rate for their compensation grade as their hours worked bear to the
hours worked in a full-time position in the same classification.
Employees who are reinstated, who are reemployed, or who return
from leave of absence without pay, unless such absence shall have
been due to illness, shall be entitled to their status at the termination
of their previous service. No credit for previous service may be allowed
where reinstatement occurs after an absence of three or more years.
Employees who return from leave of absence due to military service
or employees who are reinstated after being involuntarily retired
from their positions due to accidental disability arising from injuries
incurred upon them in the performance of their duties shall return
to the appropriate step which they would have reached had their service
not been interrupted.
[Amended 5-9-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-10[1]]
The hiring rate for new employees, or for employees who reenter
the service of the City, shall be the minimum rate of the range for
the position for which the new employee is hired, unless otherwise
authorized based on experience and qualifications, by the Mayor, in
consultation with the Director of Human Resources.
Each department head shall make provision in his annual budget
for pay adjustments anticipated during the ensuing year. No adjustment
shall be effective or paid unless or until sufficient funds are available
therefor.
A.
Whenever this article is amended to provide for a new salary schedule
for a position or group of positions, the employee holding such position
shall be paid at the rate for the appropriate step in the salary schedule
as corresponds to the step rate he was receiving prior to the amendment.
B.
This section shall apply only to those persons who were permanent
employees of the Engineering Division of the Public Works Department
on June 26, 1962.
Junior building custodians and senior building custodians shall
receive longevity compensation as set forth in the current agreement.
[Amended 8-22-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-23]
B.
Payment for longevity shall be made to employees based on the schedule in Subsection A of this section after having completed the appropriate number of years and for each of the years between the next rate. Every employee in a position for which longevity payment is provided may be considered eligible for the next higher rate when he has completed the required period of service to the first rate and between each succeeding rate.
C.
All employees entitled to a longevity payment shall be paid on the
first regular payday immediately following their anniversary date
of employment in 1982 a sum equal to the payment to which they would
have been entitled after December 1, 1982, prorated, however, from
December 1, 1981, to such anniversary date. If an employee's anniversary
date of employment falls within the period between December 1, 1981,
and the date of implementation of this agreement, he shall be paid
such prorated amount on his second regular payday following the implementation
of this agreement. Thereafter, longevity payments shall be paid according
to the schedule set forth in Article XXVI-A of the agreement on the
next first regular payday immediately following an employee's anniversary
date of employment.
D.
In the event of death or retirement of any individual authorized
to receive longevity payment, payment shall be made on a prorated
basis for the period during which he actually served.
E.
Leaves or other absences not included as service shall not be included
in determining longevity.
B.
Payment for longevity shall be made to employees based on the schedule in Subsection A of this section after having completed the appropriate number of years and for each of the years until the next rate. Every employee in a position for which longevity payment is provided may be considered eligible for the next higher rate when he has completed the required period of service to the first rate and between each succeeding rate.
C.
Payment shall be made in one sum during the first 15 days of the
month of December for the period of December 1 of the prior year to
November 30 of the current year.
D.
In the event of death or retirement of any individual authorized
to receive longevity payment, payment shall be made on a prorated
basis for the period during which he actually served.
E.
Leaves or other absences not included as service shall not be included
in determining longevity.
Uniformed members of the Fire Department shall be paid longevity
payments in accordance with the terms of the collective bargaining
agreement.
B.
The payments established in Subsection A of this section are to be paid on the first payday in December of the year in which payment is due. Years of service shall be determined as of December 1 of any given year and shall be based on completed years of service only. For example, an employee must have completed five full years of service prior to December 1 to be eligible for longevity payment.
A.
Employees covered under the contract between the City and the General
Chauffeurs, Teamsters, Warehousemen, Miscellaneous Industrial and
Production Employees Union Local 526 shall be based on length of service
and longevity with the City as set forth in the current agreement.[1]
B.
Payment for longevity shall be made to employees based on the schedule in Subsection A of this section after having completed the appropriate number of years and for each of the years between the next rate. Every employee in a position for which longevity payment is provided may be considered eligible for the next higher rate when he has completed the required period of service to the first rate and between each succeeding rate.
C.
Effective January 1, 1979, payment shall be made in one sum during
the first 15 days of the month of December for the period of December
1 of the prior year to November 30 of the current year.
D.
In the event of death or retirement of any individual authorized
to receive longevity payment, payment shall be made on a prorated
basis for the period during which he actually served.
E.
Leave or other absence not included as service shall not be included
in determining longevity.
All employees whose workweek has been established by law or
ordinance at 40 hours per week, with the exception of uniformed members
of the Police Department, shall be paid on an hourly basis. All other
employees, with the exception of those on the special list, shall
be paid on a weekly basis in accordance with this article.
A.
All members of the Police Department and of the Fire Department and
nurses at the Earle E. Hussey Clinic temporarily assuming the duties
and responsibilities of a higher rank shall receive pay of such higher
rank until relieved of such additional responsibilities.
B.
Seniority shall prevail while working at a higher rank or grade.
C.
Such service and payment shall be subject to conditions agreed upon
by contract between the employee groups and the City and, in the case
of the Police and Fire Departments, subject to the rules and regulations
of the Civil Service Commission.
[Amended 8-22-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-23]
A.
While an employee represented by Local 3177 is performing, pursuant
to a temporary assignment, the duties of a position classified in
a grade lower than the grade of the position in which he performs
regular and nontemporary service, he shall be compensated at the rate
of pay for the grade of the position in which he performs regular
and nontemporary service.
B.
An employee represented by Local 3177 who is performing, pursuant
to assignment, temporary service in a position classified in a grade
higher than the grade of the position in which he performs regular
and nontemporary service shall, commencing with the sixth day of actual
service in such higher position, be compensated for such service at
the rate to which he would have been entitled had he been promoted
to such higher position.
The date of eligibility for advancement to the next step on
the salary schedule shall be April 1 following the date of attainment
of the preceding step, except for uniformed members of the Police
Department.
[Amended 8-22-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-23]
B.
Payment of the above longevity in Subsection A shall be made on the anniversary date of employment with the City. Payment shall be made on the payroll immediately following the anniversary date of employment.
C.
In the event of death or retirement of any individual authorized
to receive longevity payment under this section, payment shall be
made on a prorated basis for the period actually served.
