[Ord. 21-2004, § 8, eff. 12-2-2004]
(a) 
Nothing in the Code shall be deemed to supersede or affect the terms and provisions of any collective bargaining agreement in effect now or in the future.
(b) 
The benefits described in this Article shall apply only to full-time non-union employees. The benefits described in this Article shall not apply to temporary per diem or part-time employees, nor to any other employees employed on a basis of less than two thousand (2,000) hours per year.
All City employees and officials, including but not limited to Police Department and Fire Department personnel, shall be domiciled in the City at the time of their initial appointment and shall continuously maintain their domicile within the City throughout their terms of employment with the city.
[Ord. No. 18-2008, § 1, eff. 10-13-2008]
(a) 
Testing for an Entry-Level Position. An individual who is deployed with the United States Military during the administration of a Civil Service examination for an entry level position with the City of Pittsburgh may defer the examination until after he or she has returned from deployment, in conformity with Civil Service Commission rules and regulations. The examination can be deferred for the duration of the particular eligibility list to which he or she has applied or until that eligibility list expires, in conformity with Civil Service Commission rules and regulations. This possibility of deferred examination does not constitute or guarantee employment with the City.
(b) 
Testing for a Promotion to a Higher Position. An individual who is deployed with the United States Military during the administration of a Civil Service examination for a promotion to a higher position with the City of Pittsburgh may defer the examination until after he or she has returned from deployment, in conformity with Civil Service Commission rules and regulations and USERRA. The examination can be deferred for the duration of the particular eligibility list to which he or she has applied or until that eligibility list expires, in conformity with Civil Service Commission rules and regulations. This possibility of deferred examination does not guarantee promotion.
[Ord. 20-1990, eff. 10-4-1990; Ord. No. 18-2008, § 2, eff. 10-13-2008]
All persons holding the position of police officer shall be citizens of the United States of America. This requirement does not affect the continuing employment of any resident alien holding the position of police officer prior to the effective date of this section.
[Ord. No. 18-2008, § 2, eff. 10-13-2008]
(a) 
Department heads may temporarily transfer employees to other departments. Employees who are transferred shall be subject to the jurisdiction and discipline of the department to which they are transferred. All transfers shall be immediately certified to the Civil Service Commission.
(b) 
The City Controller shall charge the salary and wages of the temporary transferred employees to the proper account in the department to which they are temporarily transferred.
[Ord. 1-1980, eff. 2-15-1980; Ord. No. 18-2008, § 2, eff. 10-13-2008; Ord. No. 11-2018, eff. 5-4-2018]
If an employee or elected official is required by duties to be absent from the City overnight, the employee shall be reimbursed in a not to exceed amount as set forth by a separate annual resolution or as part of the annual budget resolution or such amount as may be specified through collective bargaining, per day for meals, and in addition for the actual travel, lodging and other incidental expenses.
[Ord. 1-1982, eff. 2-12-1982; Ord. No. 2-2008, § 1, eff. 4-10-2008; Ord. No. 18-2008, § 2, eff. 10-13-2008; Ord. No. 65-2015, § 1, eff. 1-1-2016]
Employees and elected officials, who are required by duties to travel in his or her own vehicle within the City, except to and/or from his or her place of residence, or outside the City and who are authorized to do so by the head of his department or by Council, are eligible for monthly mileage reimbursements subject to the following provisions:
1. 
The mileage reimbursement rate shall be indexed to the current IRS rate and printed on the Mileage Reimbursement Form, but in no event shall monthly mileage in excess of seven hundred fifty (750) miles be reimbursed.
2. 
Mileage Reimbursement Forms shall be available in the Finance Department. The Mileage Reimbursement Form, which shall document date, destination, purpose for the trip and miles driven, is completed by the employee and submitted to the appropriate Departmental Director member for approval.
3. 
The approved Mileage Reimbursement Form must be submitted to the Finance Department by the third Wednesday of the month in order to receive payment within the same month.
4. 
Mileage reimbursement shall be paid once a month.
[Ord. 26-1988, eff. 1-1-1989; Ord. No. 18-2008, § 2, eff. 10-13-2008]
(a) 
A department head may authorize travel by any employee in such department. The City Controller is hereby authorized and directed to make payment for all authorized travel expenses.
(b) 
Prior to any travel authorization, the department head shall notify Council in written form.
Each department head shall submit a quarterly report no later than ten (10) days following the end of each quarter, consisting of the names of employees, dates, locations and amounts incurred for travel in that quarter.
[Ord. 2-1989, eff. 2-13-1989; Ord. No. 18-2008, § 2, eff. 10-13-2008]
(a) 
The City Controller is hereby authorized and directed to create a special Revolving Trust Fund in Pittsburgh National Bank S.T.F. No. 1 to be designated Employees Travel Expense Advance Trust Fund for the purpose of advancing transportation costs to cover fares, registration fees, lodging costs, seventy-five (75) percent of the maximum per diem expense reimbursement and a twenty-five dollars ($25.00) cash advance for miscellaneous out of pocket expenses in connection with the travel.
(b) 
The City Treasurer is hereby authorized, upon presentation to him or her of an approved travel authorization by any department head, to make the advances described herein, chargeable to and payable from the Employees Travel Expense Advance Trust Fund.
(c) 
The City Controller is hereby authorized and directed, after approval by the department head, to reimburse the employee for the total approved cost of the trip less the amount previously advanced pursuant to this section and to deposit the amount previously advanced into the Employee Travel Expense Advance Trust Fund.
(d) 
The total travel expenses incurred by employees for travel approved by the department head shall be chargeable to and payable from the appropriate departmental account.
(e) 
The City Treasurer and the City Controller are hereby authorized to establish administrative regulations for the implementation of this section as they may deem proper.
[Ord. 4-1985, eff. 2-6-1985; Ord. No. 18-2008, § 2, eff. 10-13-2008; Ord. No. 31-2019, § 1, eff. 9-12-2019; Ord. No. 39-2021, § 25, eff. 10-14-2021]
(a) 
All members of the following boards, commissions, committees and task forces who are not City employees shall be reimbursed at the rate of five dollars ($5.00) per meeting for attendance at each regular meeting of any such board, commission, committee or task force: Art Commission; Historic Review Commission; Human Relations Commission; Planning Commission; any other such board, commission, committee or task force specifically approved for reimbursement by Council.
(b) 
Vouchers verifying attendance at the meetings of any board, commission, committee or task force shall be signed by the director of the department under which board, commission, committee or task force is authorized to operate, and shall be submitted to the Council Finance Committee for approval before payment.
[Ord. No. 26-2012, § 1, eff. 12-31-2012]
A. 
Definitions.
APPLICANT
means any person considered for, or who requests to be considered for, employment by the City of Pittsburgh.
CITY
means the City of Pittsburgh or any division, department, agency or office thereof, unless specifically excluded by this section.
CONVICTION
means any sentence arising from a plea or verdict of guilty, including a sentence of incarceration, a suspended sentence, a sentence of probation or a sentence of unconditional discharge.
EMPLOYMENT
means any occupation, vocation, job, or work for pay, including temporary or seasonal work, contracted work, contingent work and work through the services of a temporary or other employment agency; or any form of vocational or educational training with or without pay. Employment shall not, for the purposes of this section, include any sworn position.
OTHERWISE QUALIFIED
means any Applicant who meets all other criteria for a position or consideration for a position.
RELATIONSHIP TO THE JOB
means the nature of criminal conduct for which the person was convicted has a direct and/or specific negative bearing on a person's fitness or ability to perform one (1) or more of the duties or responsibilities necessarily related to the employment sought.
B. 
Equal Employment Opportunity for Persons Previously Convicted.
1. 
Excluding applications for the public safety sensitive positions of police officer, fire fighter, paramedic and school crossing guard, and except as otherwise required by state and federal law, the City shall not inquire about an Applicant's conviction history until after it has been determined that the Applicant is otherwise qualified for the position.
2. 
After an applicant has been identified as otherwise qualified and selected for the position, the City will make a conditional offer of employment to the Applicant, pending a conviction history check.
3. 
If as a result of a conviction history check the City finds a valid reason to rescind, revoke or withdraw the conditional the Applicant will have an opportunity to provide clarifying information for the City's consideration prior to its final decision about the offer.
4. 
The City will publish an application processing policy in accordance with this section.
[Ord. No. 4-2017, § 1, eff. 1-30-2017]
(a) 
Definitions.
APPLICANT
means any person considered for, or who requests to be considered for, employment by the City of Pittsburgh.
CITY
means the City of Pittsburgh or any division, department, agency or office thereof, unless specifically excluded by this Section.
EMPLOYMENT
means any occupation, vocation, job, or work for pay, including temporary or seasonal work, contracted work, contingent work and work through the services of a temporary or other employment agency; or any form of vocational or educational training with or without pay. Employment shall not, for the purposes of this section, include any sworn position.
TO INQUIRE
means to ask a job applicant in writing or otherwise.
WAGES
means all earnings of an employee, regardless of whether determined on time, task, piece, commission or other method of calculation and including fringe benefits, wage supplements, or other compensation whether payable by the employer from the employer funds or from amounts withheld from the employee's pay by the employer.
(b) 
The City shall refrain from the following:
(1) 
Inquiring about an applicant's wage history, require disclosure of wage history, or condition employment or consideration for an interview or employment on disclosure of wage history, or retaliate against an applicant for failing to comply with any wage history inquiry or for otherwise opposing any act made unlawful by this Section.
(2) 
Relying on the wage history of an applicant from any current or former employer of the individual in determining the wages for such individual at any stage in the employment process, including the negotiation or drafting of any employment contract, unless such applicant knowingly and willingly disclosed his or her wage history to the City.