181.15 LONGEVITY PAY
(a) Permanent full-time City employees who commenced employment on or before November 10, 2010, and who are not covered by collective bargaining agreement, shall receive annual, longevity payment based upon length of continuous service from most recent date of hire as follows:
Years of Continuous Service | Longevity Pay |
4 through 8 | $375.00 |
9 through 14 | 400.00 |
15 through 19 | 450.00 |
20 through 24 | 500.00 |
25 and over | 550.00 |
(b) Eligibility for longevity pay shall commence in the calendar year of the employee’s employment anniversary date since most recent date of hire. For the sole purpose of determining longevity pay, servicing during paid military leave since most recent date of hire shall be included in determining the length of years of continuous service.
(c) Payment for longevity shall be made by direct deposit in December of each calendar year as a lump sum to employees on payroll status at that time.
(d) Longevity for partial year payments to employees who are separated for reasons of resignation, dismissal, layoff or retirement, or to the estate of a deceased employee, shall be computed by dividing the annual benefit amount provided for herein by twelve and multiplying that amount by the number of months, completed continuous service in the calendar year in which separation occurs. To receive credit for a service month, the employee shall have worked in that month.
(Ord. 2010-11-93. Passed 11-10-10; Ord. 2020-2-17. Passed 2-26-20.)