(A) All employees of the county workforce shall be classified as full-time, part-time seasonal or temporary.
(1) Full-time employee: an employee who works 40 hours per week on a regular scheduled basis. These employees are eligible for the county’s benefit package, subject to the terms, conditions and limitations of each benefit program as set forth herein.
(2) Part-time employee: an employee who works less than 40 hours per week, but on a regularly scheduled basis.
(3) Part-time PRN employees: an employee who works in a position that is not considered to be of temporary nature but does not have regularly scheduled hours and is only on an as needed basis. Hours of work may on occasion exceed a 40-hour work week under extraordinary circumstance, but will usually be less than 24 hours per week, which a cap of 96 hours monthly.
(4) Seasonal employee: temporary positions which coincide in duration with a particular season or seasons of the year and that may recur regularly from year to year, in which case the period of time shall not exceed nine months in any event.
(5) Temporary employee: are positions of employment with a participating agency for a period of time not to exceed 12 months and not renewable (full or part time).
(B) (1) Except for emergency medical service employees, each employee hired by the Fiscal Court shall be placed on probation for a period of at least three months. Due to the manner in which EMS employees are scheduled to work, all EMS hires shall be subject to a six-month probationary period. During this period of probation, the employee shall be oriented thoroughly as to the responsibilities of the job. The employee may be dismissed at any time without right of appeal, during the probation period. At the end of the designated probationary period, the employee shall be reevaluated by his or her department head or supervisor. The evaluation will measure the employee’s job performance, attitude and attendance. Once the evaluation is completed a recommendation will be made to the Fiscal Court to either place the employee on a regular status of full-time or part-time employee, to extend probation or to terminate said probationary employee.
(2) Note: employees receive CERS benefits when averaging 100 hours per month over a one- year period. The period is either a fiscal or calendar year, and is calculated by both methods with the employee qualifying by either method.
(Ord. 21.230-1, passed 7-8-2021)