Any individual presently an employee of the
City and who was formerly an employee of the City and who has returned
to service in the department such employee was formerly employed in
after a leave of absence or who has been reinstated in such department,
or whenever an individual who was formerly an employee of the City
shall return to service in the department such employee was formerly
employed in after a leave of absence or be reinstated in such department,
he shall, as of such return to service, be given credit for length
of service rendered previously and shall be placed in the salary step
and receive the rate of pay he would have received had the prior service
been rendered under the minimum and maximum salary schedule in effect
at the time of his resumption of employment.
[Added 6-8-1999]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
EMPLOYEE
Includes department heads as herein designated, unless otherwise
particularly specified.
Except as may be otherwise provided by any general
or special law to the contrary, any employee of the City who may be
entitled to a vacation shall be entitled to one additional day of
vacation should a legal holiday occur during such vacation period.
[Added 3-31-2015]
All employees shall be responsible for adhering to the City
of Lowell Employee Handbook, as amended from time to time.
[Added 3-31-2015]
All benefits under this chapter, for vacation time, personal
leave and sick time, shall accrue as of January 1 of the calendar
year.
Employees will receive their payroll checks every two weeks
by direct deposit, once all bargaining groups have approved biweekly
payroll.