City employees shall be classified as one of the following:
(A) Full-time employee. An employee whose regular hours of duty total 80 hours in a pay period or any standard accepted as full-time in any city department. Benefits are provided as established elsewhere in the city's codified ordinances. This definition does not include student help (academic interns, co-op students, and the like), intermittent, temporary, seasonal, or individuals covered by personal service contracts.
(B) Part-time employee. Means an employee whose regular hours of duty are less than 80 hours in a pay period, or less than any accepted full-time standard in any city department or division. Benefits are provided as established elsewhere in the city's codified ordinances. This classification does not include student help (academic interns, co-op students, and the like), intermittent, temporary, seasonal, or individuals covered by personal service contracts.
(C) Temporary appointment. An appointment for a limited period of time, fixed by the appointing authority, and limited to a maximum of 120 consecutive calendar days, and in no case shall successive temporary appointments be made. A temporary appointment longer than 120 calendar days may be made in exceptional cases, if necessary, by reason of sickness, disability, or other approved leave of absence of regular employees, in which case it may continue during the period of sickness, disability, or other approved leave of absence. Subsequent temporary appointments of personnel within a nine-month period will not be permitted. Fringe benefits are limited to participation in Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS) or Ohio Police & Fire Pension Fund (OP&F), whichever is applicable. Persons who receive temporary appointments are in the unclassified service and serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority. However, in the exceptional cases described where a temporary appointment has been extended beyond the 120 calendar day maximum, a temporary hire will become classified if the person, so appointed, remains in the position for six months of continuous service. Temporary appointments can be either made on a “part-time” basis (less than an eight-hour work day) or a “full-time” basis (at least an eight-hour work day).
(D) Intermittent appointment. An intermittent appointment is one where an employee works an irregular schedule which is determined by the fluctuating demands of the work and is not predictable and is generally characterized as requiring less than 1,000 hours per fiscal year. Persons who receive intermittent appointments are in the unclassified service and serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority. However, an intermittent hire who successfully completes a probationary period, or who remains in the position for a period of six months of continuous service, whichever period is longer, shall become a permanent appointee in the classified service at the conclusion of that period. At that time the intermittent appointee would have civil service protections. Intermittent appointments shall not be eligible for fringe benefits except for participation in the OPERS or OP&F, whichever is applicable.
(E) Emergency appointment. An appointment to a position to meet an emergency situation, not subject to civil service law, and limited to a maximum of 30 calendar days. Persons subject to these appointments are unclassified and not covered by civil service. Additionally, benefits are limited to participation in OPERS or OP&F, whichever is applicable.
(F) Seasonal appointment. An appointment where an employee works a certain regular season or a period of each year performing some work or activity limited to that season or period of the year. This work recurs in each successive calendar year. A person appointed to a seasonal position shall be entitled to employment in the same position in each ensuing year provided that he/she is not in the meantime disqualified for cause; and provided further, that any person appointed to a seasonal position, not assigned to work for a period of one year, due to lack of work or to refusal of same on his/her part, shall be deemed ineligible for further assignment as a classified employee. After the completion of a probationary period or six months of employment, whichever period is longer, seasonal appointees become classified employees. At that time the seasonal appointee would have civil service protections. Seasonal appointments shall not be eligible for fringe benefits except for participation in the OPERS or P&FPF, whichever is applicable.
(G) Permanent employee. Any person who holds a position that requires working a regular schedule of 26 consecutive bi-weekly pay periods, or any other regular schedule of comparable consecutive pay periods, which is not limited to a specific season or duration. Permanent employees can be either full-time or part-time. This definition does not include student help (interns or co-ops), intermittent appointments, temporary appointments, seasonal appointments, emergency appointments, or individuals covered by personal service contracts.
(H) Academic interns/co-op students. Academic interns/co-op student hires must correspond to one of the established job classifications previously defined. There is no special classification under Ohio Civil Service Law to cover such appointments outside the definitions previously defined. Benefits for academic interns/co-op students are limited to participation in OPERS or P&FPF, whichever is applicable.
(Ord. 7722, passed 12-17-2007)