(A) Amount. Employees of the city shall be compensated according to the schedule established by the Council for that position. Any wage or salary so established is the total remuneration for employment, but shall not be considered as reimbursement for official travel or other expenses which may be allowed for the conduct of official business. Unless approved by the Council, no employee shall receive pay from the city in addition to the salary authorized for the position or positions to which he or she has been appointed.
(B) Full-time, part-time and temporary employees. Full-time employees are those who work 32 hours, or more per week in a regularly established position with the city. Part-time employees are those who work less than 32 hours per week in a regularly established position. Temporary employees are those who work in a position, regardless of the number of hours per week, for a limited duration. The amount paid part-time employees shall bear the same relationship to the full-time rate for the position as the time actually worked bears to the time required for full-time service. Temporary employees and part-time employees are not entitled to severance pay, sick leave, vacation leave or holidays with pay.
(C) Overtime. Employees to whom the State Fair Labor Standards Act, being M.S. §§ 177.21 et seq., as they may be amended from time to time, applies shall be compensated for overtime rates at one and one-half the regular rate of pay. To the extent permitted by law, compensatory time off shall be taken as approved by the Council for periods of not less than four hours at a time.
(D) Pay days. Employees shall be paid bi-weekly.
(E) Severance pay. Full-time employees with a minimum of five years continuous service shall be entitled to severance pay in an amount equal to one-half of accumulated sick leave. Payment of severance pay shall be made within 30 days of termination, whether voluntary or involuntary, of employment with the city. Notwithstanding the provisions of this division (E), no payment of severance pay shall be made to any employee whose employment is terminated as a result of that employee committing a crime against the city. CRIME AGAINST THE CITY shall mean any crime, as defined in M.S. § 609.02, as it may be amended from time to time, which:
(1) Is directed against the city as victim; or
(2) Results in exposing the city to liability in defending a claim from a third party and for which the employee is convicted.
(1978 Code, § 208.05) (Ord. 88-2, passed 1-19-1988)