163.08 ATTENDANCE AWARD.

   (a)   Each permanent, full-time employee shall be paid an annual incentive award for work attendance as follows:

 

Attendance Achievement for Year	Benefit Allowance
Perfect attendance	$225.00

   

This benefit will be paid on or before January 15 of the year following the year of perfect attendance.

   (b)   Employees absent from work due to vacation, holiday, funeral leave, personal days, leave for military duty but only if the employee is also paid for his or her salary for such leave, attendance at seminars, training functions or other duty related absences from the normal work schedule shall not be considered absent from work for purposes of this benefit.

   (c)   The period for measuring such attendance record shall commence on the first day of the first pay period paid in a calendar year and end on the last day of the last pay period paid in the same calendar year.

   (d)   Newly employed and separating employees shall be eligible for a prorated benefit based upon one-twelfth of the award, as merited by the employee's attendance for each completed service month. To receive credit for a service month, the employee shall have worked in that entire month.

(Ord. 99-05. Passed 5-9-05.)