[Approved 1-26-2006 by Ch. No. 2797[2]]
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Editor's Note: The salaries of department
heads and other officials shall be as provided by ordinance adopted
by City Council or as provided in the annual budget. Said salaries
shall be available in the Personnel Office.
[2]
Editor's Note: Chapter No. 2787 also repealed
Ch. No. 2787, approved 11-10-2005, which established former Art. VI,
Classified Service Pay Plan.
The following pay plan is adopted as the official
pay plan of the classified service and shall be applied to positions
in that service as hereinafter provided.
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Editor's Note: The following schedules of pay rates are included as attachments to this chapter: unclassified nonunion positions; classified nonunion employees; uniformed members of the Police Division; uniformed members of the Fire Division; members of Local 3960; members of Local 1012; and members of Teamster Local 251.
[Added 10-22-2009 by Ch. No. 2932]
A.
Notwithstanding any other inconsistent or contrary City ordinances, including, but not limited to, the provisions of this Article VI, Chapter 88, and the pay plan described herein, all established annual and weekly pay rates and annual and weekly salary ranges for City employees, including classified union employees, classified nonunion employees, unclassified union employees, unclassified nonunion employees, members of boards and commissions and members of the City Council, but excluding uniformed members of the Police and Fire Divisions, shall be reduced for fiscal year 2010, effective as of the pay period commencing at a date to be determined by the administration after final passage of this section to reflect the furlough days which are part of the City’s fiscal year 2010 budget.
B.
The reduction
in salary and pay rates for fiscal year 2010 which shall be effective
as of the payroll period beginning at the commencement date shall
be made notwithstanding any inconsistent or contrary provisions of
the City’s Personnel Rules and Regulations to the contrary.
C.
The reduction
of the annual and weekly pay rates and annual and weekly salary ranges
for fiscal year 2010 effective as of the payroll period beginning
at the commencement date shall also result in an equivalent percentage
reduction of the normal workweek schedule for City employees, including
classified union employees, classified nonunion employees, unclassified
union employees and unclassified nonunion employees, but excluding
uniformed members of the Police and Fire Divisions. The actual reduction
in the work schedule shall be specifically determined by the appropriate
department head and/or the City’s Personnel Director. Said reduction
in the hours of work shall be made notwithstanding any inconsistent
or contrary provisions of the Personnel Rules and Regulations of the
City of Pawtucket.
D.
This
section shall expire at 11:59.59 p.m. on June 30, 2010.
No person holding a position in the classified
service on the date of the passage of this article shall be reduced
in compensation by reason of the terms of this article.
All persons entering a classified position in
the City service on or after July 1, 2005, shall be paid at a salary
or rate herein provided.
The minimum rate of pay for any class of position
shall be payable to any person on his first appointment to the position
allocated to the class, provided that, if a person already in the
service is transferred, he may, with the approval of the Director
of Finance, enter the new position at the same rate of pay as he had
previously received. The Director of Personnel with the approval of
the Personnel Board may, at their discretion, appoint any person to
a position at a rate above that of minimum, up to and including the
maximum rate allocated to that class.
A.
Hourly. Hourly rated employees shall receive a step
rate increase in their assigned pay grade upon completion of each
six months of continuous service until the maximum step rate is reached,
provided that they have performed their duties satisfactorily as approved
by the appointing authority.
B.
Administrative. Supervisory and technical salaried
employees shall receive a step rate increase in their assigned pay
grade upon completion of each six months of continuous service up
to Step 4 of their assigned pay grade. After one year of continuous
service at Step 3, they shall arrive at the maximum step of their
assigned pay grade. All increments are based on satisfactory performance
of their duties as approved by the appointing authority.
A.
An employee who is promoted shall receive either the
minimum pay rate of the pay grade to which he is promoted or to a
pay rate which will at least give him a one pay rate increase over
his former pay grade and pay rate.
B.
AFSCME bargaining unit employees who bid on a job
or bump into a position under the provisions of their contract shall
have their rate of pay increased by one letter step higher for the
new position than the employee had for the prior position held. For
example: A becomes B and B becomes C. C would remain at C in the higher-rated
position.
C.
A fire fighter entering the service on or subsequent
to July 1, 2005, shall be eligible for a rate increase following the
completion of 12 months' continuous satisfactory service. Uniformed
members of the Police and Fire are to be paid on a flat minimum or
maximum rate.
D.
All rate increases shall be effective at the beginning
of the first pay period following completion of the required period
of service.
E.
Service requirements for the advancement of employees
to higher rates shall mean continuous employment with the city service
without break or interruption; provided, however, authorized leave
of absence without pay for employees who are at the maximum step of
their respective pay grade shall not affect continuity of service;
provided, further, that all authorized leave of absence without pay
in excess of 30 days and all unauthorized leave of absence shall be
deducted in computing total service for vacation and pension time
accrual.
A given rate of pay as expressed in the pay
plan may be computed to a weekly, daily, or hourly rate, as established
by a department head or Chairman of a Board of Trustees or Commission
with the approval of the Director of Finance, as the rate of pay for
the employees of a particular class; provided, however, that all employees
of a given class in a given unit of a department shall be paid on
the same basis, with the exception of part-time and temporary employees.
All employees in the classified service with
an assigned pay grade shall be paid weekly.
No officer or employee of the City shall issue
a check for payment of, or pay, any salary or compensation to any
person holding or claiming to hold a position in the classified service,
unless the Director of Personnel shall have first certified that the
person named on the payroll or account of such pay has been appointed
and are employed in accordance with this article and the Personnel
Rules and Regulations.
No person in the classified service shall be paid less than the minimum rate of pay or rate of pay established in § 88-12 herein for the class of position to which he is allocated.
Policemen and firemen, whether on duty or not,
shall be entitled to and shall receive one extra day's pay for the
following holidays; and pay shall be computed on the basis of 1/5
of a week's full pay, viz:
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New Year's Day
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Martin Luther King Day
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Washington's Birthday
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Good Friday
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Easter Sunday (Police only)
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Rhode Island Independence Day
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Memorial Day
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Independence Day
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Victory Day
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Labor Day
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Columbus Day
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Armistice Day
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Thanksgiving Day
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Christmas Day
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Fire Memorial Day (Fire only)
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Police Memorial Day (Police only)
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Birthday (Fire only)
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A.
Police officers in the classified service shall receive
longevity pay in accordance with the schedule of service as listed
in the respective collective bargaining agreement.
B.
Fire fighters in the classified service shall receive
longevity pay in accordance with the schedule of service as listed
in the respective collective bargaining agreement.
C.
Employees in the Local 1012 classified service shall
receive longevity pay in accordance with the schedule of service as
listed in the respective collective bargaining agreement.
D.
Employees in the Teamsters Local 251 classified service
shall receive longevity pay in accordance with the schedule of service
as listed in the respective collective bargaining agreement.
E.
Employees in the Local 3960 classified service shall
receive longevity pay in accordance with the schedule of service as
listed in the respective collective bargaining agreement.
F.
Employees hired before 9-20-2007 in the classified
nonunion service shall receive longevity pay in accordance with the
following schedule of service:
[Amended 7-6-2006 by Ch. No. 2820; 12-10-2015 by Ch. No. 3083; 12-6-2018 by Ch. No.
3173; 3-10-2022 by Ch. No. 3250]
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Year of Service
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Percentage of Pay
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0 through 4
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0%
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Commencing in the 5th year through 9
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7%
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Commencing in the 10th year through 14
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8%
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Commencing in the 15th year through 19
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9%
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Commencing in the 20th year through retirement
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10%
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G.
All new nonunion classified and unclassified employees
hired after final passage of this subsection will not be eligible
for the longevity increase.
[Added 9-20-2007 by Ch. No. 2867]
