For all employees who qualify, the City shall maintain a Longevity Plan as follows:
(a) Employees who are members of an employee organization shall be covered by the applicable provisions of their contract.
(b) Effective December, 1987, the longevity payment shall be three hundred fifty dollars ($350.00) to an employee who has completed seven years of continuous service since his or her anniversary date of employment. Effective December, 1988, such longevity payment shall be three hundred seventy-five dollars ($375.00).
(c) Effective December, 1987, the longevity payment shall be six hundred fifty dollars ($650.00) to an employee who has completed twelve years of continuous service since his or her anniversary date of employment. Effective December, 1988, such longevity payment shall be six hundred seventy-five dollars ($675.00).
(d) Effective December, 1998, the longevity payment shall be one thousand dollars ($1,000) to an employee who has completed twenty years of continuous service since his or her anniversary date of employment.
(e) The longevity payment shall be made on the first pay period following December 1 to employees who are employed as of December 1 of each year. The payment to employees who have not actually worked or been on paid vacation for at least seventy-five percent of the available work days during the twelve-month period preceding December 1 of each year shall be on a pro-rata basis. The payment shall be based on the number of days actually worked or on vacation over the number of available work days.
(f) Any employee who terminates his or her employment for any reason after his or her employment anniversary date in any year shall receive, along with his or her final check, that amount of longevity to which he or she became entitled as of his or her employment anniversary date.
(g) Employees who have qualified for longevity pay shall, upon retirement, receive a pro-rata share of their annual longevity as of the effective date of retirement for the year in which they retire. The pro-rata share shall be equal to the number of complete months past their employment anniversary date and shall be payable on the last paycheck to the employee.
(h) Payment to the beneficiary of a deceased qualified employee of his or her longevity pay for the year in which the death occurred shall be made on the same basis as payment to a retired employee.
(Ord. 14-78. Passed 11-28-78; Res. 591. Passed 1-19-88; Ord. 22-98. Passed 12-15-98.)