[1]
Editor's Note: Said plan is included as an attachment to this chapter.
The Classification-Compensation Plan Bylaw is
hereby adopted pursuant to the provisions of MGL c. 41, § 108A.
[Amended 4-12-1980 ATM, Art. 31]
A plan classifying certain positions in the
service of the Town, into groups and classes doing substantially similar
work or having substantially equal responsibilities, is hereby established,
said plan to be known as the Classification-Compensation Plan, annexed
hereto and being hereby made a part hereof.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Said plan is included as an attachment to this chapter.
The Classification-Compensation Plan, when established
by vote of the Town, shall consist of the minimum and maximum salaries
and wages to be paid to all employees of the Town in any position
subject to the Classification-Compensation Plan and may be amended
from time to time by vote of the Town.
All boards and heads of departments shall, as
soon as may be, after the effective date of this chapter, allocate
all employees to the appropriate positions in the Classification-Compensation
Plan, in accordance with allocations presently approved by the department
heads and the Finance Committee, and shall in like manner allocate
any new employees.
Said boards and heads of departments may, with
prior approval of the Personnel Board, change such allocation of any
employee.
A report of any such allocations and reallocations
shall be filed in the office of the Town Accountant and with the Personnel
Board.
[Amended 4-12-1980 ATM, Art. 31]
The definition for any classification shall
be construed solely as a means of identifying positions properly pertaining
to the class and not as prescribing the particular duties or responsibilities
of any position in the class or as modifying or in any way affecting
the authority of any board or head of a department as otherwise existing
to appoint, to assign duties to, to promote, to demote, to change
the duties of or to direct or control the work of any employee under
the jurisdiction of such board or head of a department.
No person shall be appointed, employed or paid
as an employee of the Town in any position subject to the provisions
of this chapter under any title other than that of the appropriate
position in the Classification-Compensation Plan.
[Added 4-24-2017 ATM,
Art. 8]
A.
Definitions for purposes of longevity compensation.
1.
Continuous service shall mean uninterrupted continuous employment
by the Town of Deerfield from the last date of hire.
2.
Employees who work regularly at least 40 hours per week shall receive
longevity at the schedule established below.
3.
Full time status is based on an employee's current work status. Prior
part-time service will be used to compute longevity years, provided
the years are continuous.
4.
Part-time employees, who are on the classification-compensation schedule,
shall receive pro-rated longevity pay, according to the schedule below.
B.
Calculations of longevity for non-elected, full-time employees.
1.
Upon completion of TEN years of continuous Town service, a sum of
$200 shall be added to that employee's pay once a year, and once each
year thereafter through the fourteenth year of continuous Town service,
that employee shall receive a lump sum longevity payment of $200.00.
2.
Upon completion of FIFTEEN years of continuous Town service, a sum
of three hundred dollars ($300.00) shall be added to that employee's
pay once a year, and once each year thereafter through the nineteenth
year of continuous Town service, that employee shall receive a lump
sum longevity payment of $300.00.
3.
Upon completion of TWENTY years of continuous Town service, a sum
of four hundred dollars ($400.00) shall be added to that employee's
pay once a year, and once each year thereafter through the twenty-fourth
year of continuous Town service, that employee shall receive a lump
sum longevity payment of $400.00.
4.
Upon completion of TWENTY-FIVE years of continuous Town service,
a sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) shall be added to that employee's
pay once a year, and once each year thereafter of continuous Town
service, that employee shall receive a lump sum longevity payment
of $500.00.
[Amended 4-12-1980 ATM, Art. 31]
The title of each class as set forth in the
Classification-Compensation Plan shall be the official title of every
position allocated to the position for all purposes having to do with
the position as such and shall be used to designate the position in
all payrolls, budget estimates and official records and reports relating
thereto.
[Amended 4-30-1990 ATM, Art. 27; 6-12-2021 ATM by Art. 15]
In any case where any employees subject to this
chapter, upon the effective date thereof, shall have a rate or rates
of compensation exceeding the applicable salary and wage limitations
set forth, such employee may continue to be so paid, but this section
shall not apply to any new employee. In instances where accommodations
of compensatory time, monetary support, resources support or other
changes in normal working schedule for professional enhancement, extended
professional travel and meeting expenses or other so called job-related
professional interest are to be considered as job duties, such arrangements
must be agreed to in writing by the Selectboard. Such agreements are
normally limited to managerial and department head personnel and addressed
at time of employment.
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed
to conflict with Chapter 31 of the General Laws.
If any provisions of this chapter or the application
of such provision to any persons or circumstances shall be held invalid,
the validity of the remainder of the chapter and the applicability
of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected
thereby.
This chapter shall be operative only as to employees
whose positions are subject to the Classification-Compensation Plan.
The aforesaid minimum salary and wage scales
shall be the entrance scales of all employees except as provided herein.
Persons may be hired to a job at levels indicated
when qualifications have been presented to the Personnel Board and
justified according to job evaluation requirements. Persons may be
hired at the minimum without the Personnel Board's consideration.
[Added 4-12-1980 ATM, Art. 32; amended 6-12-2021 ATM by Art. 15]
Salaries and wages shall be reviewed by the
Personnel Board and Selectboard annually.
[Added 4-12-1980 ATM, Art. 32; amended 9-23-1981 STM, Art.
1; 4-27-1987 ATM, Art. 18; 4-25-1988 ATM, Art. 17; 4-24-1989 ATM, Art. 15; 4-30-1990 ATM, Art. 26; 4-29-1991 ATM, Art. 32; 4-27-1992 ATM, Art. 34; 4-26-1993 ATM, Art. 32; 6-12-2021 ATM by Art. 15]
The Selectboard shall determine the wages of
the Highway Superintendent and the Police Chief, provided that such
wages are within the rate ranges set forth in the Classification-Compensation
Plan. New hires shall be paid at the lowest wage in the rate range;
Personnel Board approval required for paying new hires more than the
minimum set forth in the rate range.
