The Town Board of the Town of Fulton has the specific authority, pursuant
to §§ 19.59, 60.22, 60.32, 60.321, 60.37, 111.31, 111.322 and
111.345, Wis. Stats., and has the authority by its village powers pursuant
to §§ 60.10 and 60.22, Wis. Stats., to establish certain qualifications,
duties, powers and terms of employment for certain Town of Fulton employees
and Town of Fulton officers and to establish a written personnel policy beyond
any existing employee contracts or labor agreements for the Town of Fulton.
The Town Board of the Town of Fulton shall establish and approve the
holiday and vacation schedule for the Town of Fulton. Vacation should be taken
in units in which the days shall be at least two days. Vacation must be approved
by the Town Board at least 10 days in advance of the person commencing his
or her vacation.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning
indicated:
BRIBE
An act that serves to induce or influence corruptly a given line
of conduct of a public official or public employee.
DISCIPLINE
Any action taken by an employer with respect to an employee which
has the effect in whole or in part of being a penalty, including but not limited
to reduction in pay, reprimand, suspension, dismissal, demotion, transfer,
denial of education, denial of training benefits or involuntary reassignment.
DISCRIMINATION/DISCRIMINATE
To segregate, separate, exclude or treat any person or class of persons
unequally because of sex, race, color, handicap, sexual orientation as defined
in § 111.32(13m), Wis. Stats., religion, national origin, sex or
marital status of the person maintaining a household, lawful source of income,
age or ancestry. It is intended that the factors set forth herein shall be
the sole basis for prohibiting discrimination.
FELONY
A crime punishable by imprisonment in the Wisconsin state prison
system.
FREQUENTER
Any person, other than an officer or employee of the Town of Fulton,
who may go in or be in a place of employment or public building under circumstances
which render such person other than a trespasser. Such term includes a pupil
or student when enrolled in or receiving instruction at an educational institution.
HOLIDAY
The days designated by law and the Town of Fulton Board as exempt
from judicial proceedings, service of process or demand and protest of commercial
papers.
INFECTIOUS AGENT
A bacterial, mycoplasmal, fungal, parasitic or viral agent identified
by the Department of Natural Resources by rule as causing illness in humans
or human fetuses, or both, which is introduced by an employer to be used,
studied or produced in the workplace. "Infectious agent" does not include
such an agent in or on the body of a person who is present in the workplace
for diagnosis or treatment.
JUST CAUSE
Cause sufficient at law to accomplish or to allow an act.
MANDAMUS
A writ issued from a court which commands an officer or official
to perform a duty the law requires.
MISCONDUCT (IN OFFICE)
Includes, but is not limited to, any of the following acts:
A.
Willful violation of a rule of any established code of ethics.
B.
Willful or persistent failure to perform official duties.
C.
Habitual intemperance, due to consumption of intoxicating beverages
or use of dangerous drugs, which interferes with the proper performance of
duties.
OVERTIME
The time expended by a person at a job beyond the regular fixed working
hours. For purposes of overtime compensation, "overtime" is the time expended
by a person beyond the normal work schedule established by the Town Board
of the Town of Fulton for that person and where the work schedule and the
overtime payment schedule are in compliance with the Federal Fair Labor Standards
Act.
PER DIEM
In Latin "per day." In connection with compensation, "per diem" means
pay for a day's service or a day's work.
PESTICIDE
Any substance or mixture of substances labeled or designed or intended
for use in preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating any pest or as
a plant regulator, defoliant or desiccant.
PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT
Includes every place, whether indoors or out or underground, and
the premises appurtenant thereto where either temporarily or permanently any
industry, trade or business is carried on, or where any process or operation
directly or indirectly related to any industry, trade or business is carried
on, and where any person is, directly or indirectly, employed by another for
direct or indirect gain or profit, but does not include any place where persons
are employed in private domestic service which does not involve the use of
mechanical power or in farming. "Farming" includes those activities specified
in § 102.04(3), Wis. Stats., and also includes the transportation
of farm products, supplies or equipment directly to the farm by the operator
indirectly for the purpose of producing commodities for market, or as an accessory
to such production. When used with relation to building codes, "place of employment"
does not include a previously constructed building used as a community-based
residential facility, as defined in § 50.01(1g), Wis. Stats., which
serves 20 or fewer unrelated residents, except for purposes of § 101.11,
Wis. Stats.
REPRIMAND
A public warning to an employee, licensee, permittee or certificate
holder regarding unacceptable conduct or behavior.
SEXUAL HARASSMENT
Unwelcome sexual advances, unwelcome physical contact of a sexual
nature or unwelcome verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature. "Unwelcome
verbal or physical contact or a sexual nature" includes but is not limit to
the deliberate, repeated making of unsolicited gestures or comments, or the
deliberate, repeated display of offensive sexually graphic materials which
is not necessary for business purposes.
TOXIC
Any substance, other than a radioactive substance, which has the
capacity to produce personal injury or illness to persons through ingestion,
inhalation or absorption through any body surface.
TOXIC SUBSTANCE
Any substance or mixture containing a substance regulated by the
Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration under Title 29 of the
Code of Federal Regulations, Part 1910, Subpart Z, which is introduced by
an employer to be used, studied or produced in the workplace.