[Adopted 9-20-1977 by Ord. No. 693]
The following regulations have been approved
by the governing body of the City of North Wildwood and shall apply,
except as otherwise set forth herein, to all employees of the City
of North Wildwood in the classified civil service. All leaves provided
for in these regulations are not to be regarded as privileges to be
exacted at the convenience or determination of the employee without
regard to the policy of responsible departmental authorities or the
work demands of the department and are to be taken with the approval
of the department head, and, so far as possible, on such schedules
and at such time as will best ensure the continuance of the regular
departmental activities.
A.
All permanent employees in the classified civil service
of the City of North Wildwood, except the members of the Police Department,
Fire Department, and blue collar employees of the Public Works Department
and Buildings, Parks and Grounds Department, shall be granted annual
vacation leave with pay as follows:
[Amended 2-16-2021 by Ord. No. 1825]
(1)
One working day's vacation for each month of service
from the date of permanent appointment up to and including December
31st next following such date of appointment.
(2)
Twelve working days' vacation for each succeeding
calendar year up to and including 10 years of service.
(3)
Fifteen working days' vacation for each succeeding
calendar year up to and including 20 years of service.
(4)
Twenty working days' vacation for each succeeding
calendar year of service thereafter.
B.
The total years of service in the City of North Wildwood
after permanent appointment of each such employee, both prior and
subsequent to the adoption of the Civil Service Law, shall be considered
in determining the annual vacation leave provided under this schedule.
C.
When, in any calendar year, the annual vacation leave
or any part thereof is not granted and taken by reason of pressure
of work, as determined and approved by the department head, such annual
vacation leave or part thereof not granted and taken shall accumulate
to the credit of the individual employee and shall be granted and
may be taken during the next succeeding calendar year only.
D.
Any employee holding a full-time position pursuant
to temporary appointment pending examination for permanent appointment
in the classified service shall be granted one working day's vacation
for each month of service from the date of temporary appointment to
the date of permanent appointment; provided, however, that this shall
not apply to temporary, emergency or seasonal employees.
[Amended 2-16-2021 by Ord. No. 1825]
The annual vacation leave for members of the Police Department, Fire Department, and blue collar employees of the Public Works Department and Buildings, Parks and Grounds Department shall be determined by contract between the City of North Wildwood and said members or the bargaining unit or units for such departments. In the event there is no contract which applies to such members, such members such be covered by § 71-9 of this article.
A.
Every permanent employee or employee holding temporary
appointment pending examination in the classified civil service of
the City of North Wildwood, other than members of the Police Department,
Fire Department, and blue collar employees of the Public Works Department
and Buildings, Parks and Grounds Department, shall be granted, in
addition to annual vacation leave with pay, one working day's sick
leave with pay for each month of service from the date of regular
appointment up to and including December 31st next following such
date of appointment and 15 days' sick leave with pay for each calendar
year thereafter.
[Amended 2-16-2021 by Ord. No. 1825]
B.
If any such employee requires none or a portion only
of such allowable sick leave for any calendar year, the amount of
such leaves not taken shall accumulate to his credit from year to
year and he shall be entitled to such accumulated sick leave with
pay if and when needed.
C.
The total years of service of an individual employee,
after temporary appointment pending examination with appointment later
made permanent, in the classified civil service of the City of North
Wildwood, both prior and subsequent to the adoption of the Civil Service
Law, shall be considered in computing accumulated sick leave due and
available.
D.
"Sick leave," for purposes herein, is defined to mean
absence from duty of an employee because of personal illness by reason
of which such employee is unable to perform the usual duties of his
position, exposure to contagious disease, a short period of emergency
attendance upon a member of his immediate family critically ill and
requiring the presence of such employee or death in the immediate
family. For the purpose of these rules, "member of immediate family"
is interpreted as meaning father, mother, husband, wife, child, sister,
brother or other near relative in residence. Sick leave shall not
be interpreted as including an extended period where the employee
serves as nurse or housekeeper during a protracted illness of a member
of the immediate family.
E.
Sick leave for a period greater than three days or
totaling more than 10 days in one calendar year shall be granted only
on the certificate of the departmental physician or a reputable physician,
in which it is certified that the leave requested is within the provisions
of the statutes and these rules, except that sick leave claimed by
reason of quarantine or exposure to contagious disease may be approved
on the certificate of the local Department of Health and in the case
of death in the family, upon such reasonable proof as the department
head shall require.
F.
An employee who does not expect to report for work
because of personal illness or for any of the reasons included in
the foregoing definition of sick leave shall notify his immediate
superior or some other person in his particular employment unit by
telephone or personal message at 8:00 a.m. or other beginning hour
of work for his position.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note Former Subsection G, regarding sick leave for
temporary, emergency or seasonal positions, was repealed 2-16-2021 by Ord. No. 1825.
[Amended 2-16-2021 by Ord. No. 1825]
Members of the Police Department, Fire Department, and blue collar employees of the Public Works Department and Buildings, Parks and Grounds Department shall be granted sick leave with pay pursuant to the terms of contracts between the City of North Wildwood and said members or the bargaining unit or units for such departments. In the event there is no contract which applies to such members, such members such be covered by § 71-11 of this article.
A.
Whenever an employee in the classified civil service
is disabled, as a result of illness or injury entitling said employee
to workmen's compensation benefits, he shall be entitled to a leave
of absence with pay to be known as "SAI Leave," as differentiated
from sick leave, for a period of time coextensive with the period
of time for which workmen's compensation temporary disability benefits
are payable to said employee. In the event the employee's department
head cannot initially determine whether to charge the employee with
sick leave or SAI leave, he shall charge said employee with SAI leave.
However, such employee's records shall be adjusted, if indicated,
upon the determination of the City's workmen's compensation insurance
carrier and no further adjustment to such records shall be made until
the workmen's compensation proceedings, if any, including all appeals,
shall have been concluded. The result of such proceedings shall be
binding upon the City and the employee.
B.
To be entitled to SAI leave, the employee shall submit
to the department head, as soon after his leave commences as is practicable,
a certificate from a licensed physician setting forth that such employee
is unfit for the performance of his duties, the physician's estimate
of said period of unfitness, together with a history of the injury
or illness, and the medical reasons therefor. At the end of such estimated
period or at any time prior or subsequent thereto, the employee's
department head or a member of the City's governing body may require
that the employee be examined by a licensed physician designated by
City Council for that purpose, which physician may but need not be
the employee's treating physician. Such leave, whether alternately
determined to be sick leave or SAI leave, shall terminate upon a certificate
from a licensed physician that said employee is fit for the performance
of his duties.
C.
Anything to the contrary herein notwithstanding, no
period of SAI leave shall extend beyond a period of one year or beyond
the period of time in which workmen's compensation temporary disability
payments are authorized pursuant to law. Any temporary disability
workmen's compensation payment made to or received by or on behalf
of such employee while such employee is on SAI leave shall be deducted
from the amount carried on the payroll for such employee or assigned
to the City of North Wildwood by the insurance carrier or the employee.
An employee who is a member of the National
Guard or naval militia or of the military or naval forces of the United
States and is required to undergo field training therein shall be
granted a leave of absence with pay for such period of such field
training. This leave shall be in addition to the annual vacation leave.
A permanent employee holding a position in the
classified service who is temporarily incapacitated, either mentally
or physically, to perform his duties or who desires to engage in a
course of study such as will increase his usefulness on his return
to the service or who, for any reason considered good by the department
head or appointing authority, desires to secure leave from his regular
duties may, with the approval of the department head or appointing
authority, be granted a special leave of absence without pay for a
period not to exceed six months and, with the approval of the Mayor
and Council, may be granted an extension of such leave for an additional
period not to exceed six months. Further leaves, in such cases, may
be granted only with the approval of the Mayor and Council and the
Civil Service Commission. Any employee asking for special leave without
pay shall submit his request, in writing, stating the reasons why,
in his opinion, the request should be granted, the date when he desires
the leave to begin and the probable date of his return to duty. For
any case of special leave without pay, other than as herein provided,
the question of whether the employee granted such leave shall be entitled
to his former position on his return from such leave or whether his
name shall be placed on the reemployment list for the class shall
be governed and determined by the civil service statutes and rules.
The basic working hours for all employees in
administrative departments shall be from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.,
with one hour off for lunch at a time to be designated by the department
head. The working hours for other departments shall be established
by departmental procedures and appertaining collective bargaining
agreements.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance provided an effective date of
1-1-2024.
A.
The following days shall be designated as holidays
in the City of North Wildwood: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Fourth
of July, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day
and any other such holiday as may be designated by the Mayor and approved
by resolution of Council, not to exceed a total of 14 holidays annually.
An official holiday shall be the period from 12:00 midnight preceding
the holiday to 12:00 midnight of the day of the holiday
[Amended 11-21-2023 by Ord. No. 1920]
B.
When an employee is required to work on a designated
official holiday, he shall receive, therefor, equal time off from
regular employment at a time to be determined by his department head.
Holiday time off shall not be allowed an employee unless he has worked
during the week in which the holiday falls; however, should such holiday
be observed while an employee is on vacation, said holiday shall not
be counted as a vacation day. Holidays for members of the Police Department,
Fire Department, and blue collar employees of the Public Works Department
and Buildings, Parks and Grounds Department shall be subject to contracts
between the City of North Wildwood and said members or the bargaining
unit or units for such departments.
[Amended 2-16-2021 by Ord. No. 1825]
A.
Every full-time employee in the classified civil service
is expected and will be required to be in attendance and at work during
the regular hours prescribed for the department by the City of North
Wildwood. Every part-time employee in the classified civil service
is expected and will be required to be in attendance during the hours
prescribed for his employment. Violation of working hours, as prescribed,
and leaves of absence without proper authorization will be subject
to disciplinary action. Each department head shall be responsible
for maintaining records showing the attendance, time worked and leave
for any reason of all such officers and employees in the classified
civil service in his department.
B.
An employee who is absent from duty for five consecutive
work days, without notice to his superior officer of the reason for
such absence, shall be held to have resigned.
