(a) Subject to the conditions listed in subsections (b) through (d) below, each full-time employee of the City shall receive longevity pay as stipulated in the annual salary ordinance.
(b) An eligible employee must begin full-time employment on or before June 30 of a given year in order to receive service credit for that year. All entitlement to longevity pay shall cease when the full- time employment relationship is terminated.
(c) Longevity pay shall accrue on December 31 of the year in which it is earned, and shall be included in the employee's hourly rate of pay in the year immediately following.
(d) Should an employee have an interruption in employment of 100 or fewer calendar days, the employee shall be entitled to full credit for service prior to the interruption. After an interruption of more than 100 calendar days, a returning employee shall be treated as a new employee for purposes of calculating longevity pay and shall not receive credit for prior service.
(e) The Common Council shall review the amount and the terms of longevity pay no less frequently than every four years during the year of the general election of City officials.
(`91 Code, § 2-51) (Ord. D-398, § (n), 3-5-84; Ord. D-1261, § II, 12-10-96; Ord. D-1525-01, § I, 10-15-01; Ord. D-1644-03, § 1, 8-18-03; Ord. D-1838-06, As Amended, 12-18-06; Ord. D-1900-08, 8-4-08; Ord. D-2067-11, 11-7-11)