[Adopted 2-14-2002 by Ord. No. 11-2-2002]
The Township Committee shall, from time to time,
promulgate rules and regulations governing personnel policies by the
adoption of a resolution establishing the same, and an employee handbook
containing the personnel policies, and, from time to time, modify,
change and add to those policies.
An applicant for Township employment may be
rejected if he or she:
A. Is not qualified for appointment to the position for
which he or she has applied;
B. Is physically unfit to perform the duties of the position
for which he or she has applied;
C. Is addicted to the habitual or excessive use of drugs
or intoxicants;
D. Has been convicted of any crime or offense, involving
moral turpitude, including persons offenses;
E. Has received other than an honorable discharge from
the Armed Services of the United States;
F. Has been dismissed from previous employment for delinquency,
insubordination or misconduct;
G. Has practiced or attempted to practice any deception
or fraud in his or her application, or in furnishing other evidence
of eligibility for appointment;
H. Is not within the age limits that have been established
for the position for which he or she seeks appointment.
The Township Clerk shall initiate a personnel
file for each new employee of the Township, and all records of such
employee concerning qualification, permanent status, work history,
accumulated vacation and sick leave, leave time and time of the like
shall be maintained for such employee in such file. The Township Clerk
shall make such files available for inspection by the employee on
a reasonable basis.
The causes for which disciplinary action may
be invoked against an employee are the following:
B. Absence without leave or failure to report after authorized
leave has expired, or after such leave has been disapproved or revoked;
C. Incompetency or inefficiency;
D. Incapacity, certified by a physician, due to mental
or physical disability;
E. Insubordination or serious breach of discipline;
F. Intoxication while on duty;
G. Conviction of a criminal act;
H. Disobedience of a rule or regulation of the Township;
I. Conduct unbecoming of a public employee.
It is declared to be the policy of the Township
to recognize and encourage meritorious actions on the part of its
officers and employees. To this end, letters of commendation concerning
Township employees from their superiors and from members of the public
with whom they deal shall be directed to the attention of the Township
Committee, and then recorded in the employee's personnel file. In
addition, the Township Committee may, on its own motion, commend the
work of particular officers and employees and cause such commendation
to be inserted in their personnel files.
[Adopted 11-1-2018 by Ord. No. 19-20-2018; amended in its
entirety 2-7-2019 by Ord. No. 20-01-2019]
All employees (full-time, part-time and seasonal) and elected public officials who receive compensation from the Township of Kingwood are mandated to have direct deposit of their compensation as of January 1, 2019, in accordance with Chapter
28, P.L. 2013, as defined under N.J.S.A. 52:14-15f(b).