A. 
Employment in the Township shall be based on merit and fitness, free of personal and political considerations.
B. 
Appointments, promotions and other personnel actions shall be on a merit basis.
C. 
Qualified Township residents shall be given first consideration for vacancies and new positions.
D. 
A "qualified Township resident" is an individual who has been a bona fide resident of Egg Harbor Township for 12 consecutive months prior to the date of filing their application for consideration for vacancies and new positions.
[Added 12-29-1997 by Ord. No. 60-1997]
E. 
The Township Committee must formally approve the creation of any new position. In addition, there must be provided in the proper current budget specific and adequate funds to compensate such employee.
[Added 10-25-1989 by Ord. No. 45-1989]
F. 
Those employees who are subject to the provisions of negotiated collective-bargaining agreements shall be exempt from those provisions of this chapter which are inconsistent with such agreements.
[Added 10-25-1989 by Ord. No. 45-1989]
G. 
A comprehensive personnel manual shall be established by resolution of the Township Committee. The manual shall be reviewed annually for compliance with federal and state laws and Township policies.
[Added 12-29-1997 by Ord. No. 60-1997]
The Township Committee may by ordinance abolish, increase, decrease or modify the terms and compensation of any office of the Township, except that the Township Committee may not abolish or alter the terms of an office that has been, or is, created by general law. Except where an office is abolished, no decrease or modification of its terms and compensation shall affect any incumbent holding such office for the duration of the term for which he was appointed.
For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter, employees of the Township, whether full time, part time or hourly, shall deal directly with their respective department heads. They shall not bypass their department heads under whose jurisdiction they serve, in any matter concerning the operation of their department.
A "full-time employee" shall be any employee of Egg Harbor Township who works full time each week in any department of the Township the number of hours prescribed by the department head under whose jurisdiction the employee and department operates, and as approved by the Township Committee.