[Ord. No. 76-3; New]
Borough employees shall be classified in the following categories:
a. Full-Time
Employees. A full-time employee is defined as one who is assigned
to a regular position and is paid on the basis of a forty (40) hour
workweek.
b. Part-Time
Employees. A part-time employee is defined as one who is either not
assigned to a regular position or one who is paid for less than a
forty (40) hour workweek.
c. Seasonal
Employees. A seasonal employee is one employed during any particular
season of the year, as required by the exigencies of the situation.
[Ord. No. 76-3; Ord. No. 79-9 § 1; Ord. No. 87-11 § 1; New]
a. The
employer has designated the following days as holidays:
New Year's Day
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Columbus Day
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Lincoln's Birthday
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General Election Day
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Washington's Birthday
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Veteran's Day
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Good Friday
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Thanksgiving Day
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Memorial Day
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Friday following Thanksgiving day
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Independence Day
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Christmas Day
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Labor Day
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Employees are entitled to three (3) days leave with pay for
personal business. Leave days shall not be accumulated from year to
year.
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b. If
any of the aforementioned holidays occur on a Sunday, the following
Monday shall be observed as the official date of the holiday. Holidays
which occur on a Saturday shall be celebrated on the preceding Friday.
In order to be eligible for payment for the aforementioned holidays,
the employee must have worked on the regular workday immediately preceding
and immediately following the date of the holiday.
[Ord. No. 76-3; Ord. No. 87-11 § 1]
a. All
full-time employees shall be entitled to annual vacations computed
from the anniversary date of employment as follows:
1. One (1)
year but less than five (5) years: Two (2) weeks.
2. Five (5)
years but less than ten (10) years: Three (3) weeks.
3. Ten (10)
years but less than fifteen(15) years: Four (4) weeks.
4. Fifteen
(15) years but less than twenty-five (25) years: Five (5) weeks.
b. If
a regular holiday, as hereinafter defined, falls within an employee's
vacation period, the employee shall be entitled to one (1) additional
day of vacation, which must be celebrated either immediately before
or immediately following the vacation period.
c. Vacations
shall be taken within the calendar year, and periods selected shall
be subject to approval by the department head. Vacation days cannot
accrue or be carried forward into any successive year.
d. Vacations
shall coincide with the commencement and ending of the calendar workweek
unless specific written authorization is otherwise received from the
department head.
e. Employees
with the greater length of service to the Borough will be given preference
in relation to the choice of vacation dates.
f. Employees
who are dismissed or who retire or die while employed by the Borough
shall receive payment for all earned vacation days during the calendar
year when the employee is no longer employed by the Borough.
g. All
vacation schedules shall be filed by the department head with the
Borough Clerk not later than May 1 of each calendar year.
[Ord. No. 76-3; Ord. No. 79-9 § 2; Ord. No. 87-11 § 1]
All permanent full-time employees shall be granted sick leave
with pay of one (1) working day for every month of service during
the first year of employment and fifteen (15) working days annually
thereafter. The amount of such leave not taken shall accumulate from
year to year, and such employee shall be entitled to such accumulated
sick leave if and when needed, provided that upon retirement or expiration
of employment of such employee, any sick leave so accumulated shall
not be cancelled and such employee shall be entitled to be remunerated
on the basis of his or her most recent salary or wage scale at full
pay for the first ninety (90) days, one-half (1/2) pay for the next
ensuing forty-five (45) days and one-fourth (1/4) for the final twenty-three
(23) thereof. Employees shall not accumulate days in the excess of
one hundred fifty-eight (158) sick leave days.
[Ord. No. 76-3; New]
Any absence not heretofore defined will be considered to be
an unauthorized absence. Any unauthorized absence for more than three
(3) days shall require a doctor's certificate. Any unauthorized
absence having a duration of five (5) consecutive days or more will
be considered as a voluntary resignation. Habitual absenteeism having
a duration of less than five (5) consecutive days or habitual tardiness
shall be cause for dismissal.
[Ord. No. 83-7 § 1]
Employees of the Borough shall severally hold their respective
offices and continue in their respective employment during good behavior
and efficiency, and no person shall be removed from office or employment
while an employee of the Borough for political reasons or for any
other cause other than incapacity, misconduct or disobedience of just
rules, regulations, orders and resolutions established or which may
be established for Borough employees by the Mayor and Council.
[Ord. No. 83-7 § 2]
Borough employees shall be entitled to file a grievance with
their respective department head/liaison. A Grievance Committee consisting
of three (3) members of Council not directly involved with the grievance
shall be appointed by the Mayor to determine if the grievance has
any merit and look for a possible solution of the grievance.
[Ord. No. 83-7 § 3]
Any employee against whom charges are brought in violation of any regulations or valid reasons stated in subsection
3-7.1 of this section or any applicable rules and regulations governing the operation of the Borough, said charges shall be thoroughly examined by the Mayor and Council and if the charges are found to be valid a hearing will be scheduled within but not later than thirty (30) days from the date of the alleged offense.
[Ord. No. 81-5 § 1]
Once appointed, the Hearing Officer shall proceed to hear and
determine the charges against the employee. The Hearing Officer shall
allow the employee and the complainant to present their respective
cases concerning the matter before the Hearing Officer. Both the employee
and the complainant shall have the right to be represented by counsel
at the hearing. The actual hearing itself shall be recorded so that
a record will be available in case of any appeal to the Superior Court
of the State of New Jersey.
[Ord. No. 97-06 § 1]
The purpose of the within section is to officially set forth
the position of the Governing Body concerning its policies of indemnifying
and defending its officials and employees.
[Ord. No. 97-06 § 2]
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 59:10-4, the Borough
of Island Heights hereby authorizes the indemnification of each Borough
official, employee or appointee who was or is a party or is threatened
to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, administrative or investigative,
by reason of the fact that he or she is or was an officer, appointee
or employee of the Borough of Island Heights, against any claims,
losses, expenses (including attorney's fees), judgments, fines
and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by
him or her in connection with such action, suit or proceeding to the
full extent permitted under the laws of the State of New Jersey. In
the event of criminal charges against an officer, appointee or employee,
the individual shall only be reimbursed for the above-referenced expenses
upon a determination of innocence or the dropping of the charges.
Expenses incurred in defending a civil action, suit or proceeding
shall be paid by the Borough in advance of the final disposition of
such action, suit or proceeding to the extent authorized by the Borough
in accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey. Nothing herein
shall authorize the Borough to pay for punitive or exemplary damages
or damages resulting from the commission of a crime. In such case,
the officer, appointee or employee of the Borough shall be required
to establish that the act or omission upon which the claim or judgment
is based occurred within the scope of his or her official action or
employment as an official or employee of the Borough of Island Heights
and that it was not the result of an act or a failure to act because
of actual fraud, actual malice or willful misconduct. Nothing herein
shall effect or limit the rights of certain Police Department employees
under N.J.S.A. 40A:14-155.