(a) The Director of Employee Relations shall assist and coordinate the efforts of department heads in establishing and maintaining a system of employee training. Such training shall be designed to assist employees in the performance of their current jobs and/or qualifying them for positions of increasing difficulty, skill and responsibility. The department head may encourage employees to take correspondence courses, courses in colleges, universities or night schools or other appropriate courses. The Director of Employee Relations may arrange for the City to assume a portion of the cost. The Director of Employee Relations may suggest programs and provide necessary facilities for supervisory training, such training to educate and keep employees of a department informed on functions and activities of the departments and the City Government.
(b) Conditions for reimbursement for classes are as follows:
(1) Classes must be job-related, as determined by the Director of Employee Relations and the department head.
(2) Approval must be granted by the department head and the Director of Employee Relations prior to taking the classes. Request forms shall be provided in the office of Employee Relations.
A. Each course request is to be received by the office of Employee Relations prior to registration for such class.
B. Persons in degree or certificate programs shall make in-service requests for the entire year.
C. Copies of receipts, after paying for the class, are to be brought to the office of Employee Relations.
D. After completion of the course, copies of grades are to be brought to the office of Employee Relations.
E. If there is any deviation from the above procedure, reimbursement may be processed only if agreed to in writing by the employee, the department head and the Director of Employee Relations.
(c) As funds allow, payment in advance of taking courses shall be made available to graduate students who are taking six or more hours in a semester or to undergraduate students who are taking ten or more hours in a semester.
(d) The Director of Employee Relations shall serve as the coordinator of in-service training and shall assist City employees in career development and curriculum selection if desired.
(Ord. 14-78. Passed 11-28-78.)