(A) The personnel handbook is hereby adopted and incorporated as part of this code of ordinances as fully as if set out at length herein and summarized below, and a complete text is available at City Hall.
(B) The personnel handbook establishes that the city is an equal opportunity employer, that the city will maintain personnel records for all employees and provide an orientation for new employees. It also establishes the City Clerk as the Personnel Manager. The personnel handbook classifies employees, establishes an employment process, and conditions of employment. It also implements a transfer, promotion, progressive discipline, and drug-testing policies. It discusses resignations, layoffs, reinstatement, retirement, and political activity. Said policy establishes employment at will. It includes an employee classification plan which sets forth allocations, written position descriptions, and regular review/evaluations. It includes a compensation plan which addresses pay ranges, the hours of work, overtime, the official work week, implication of personnel actions salary increases, and retirement. It discusses the maintenance of time cards and time sheets. Employee benefits are discussed, setting forth holidays, annual vacations, and sick leave. It adheres to the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993 being U.S.C. §§ 2611 et seq. It sets forth funeral leave, discusses insurance, unemployment insurance, social security, special leave, military leave, voting leave, jury duty, educational assistance, inclement weather, expense reimbursement, the use of city vehicles, uniforms, and outside employment. It discusses social media use. It also adopts a formal grievance procedure. The personnel handbook includes a severability disclaimer, and a repealer clause. It adheres to the Americans with Disabilities Act being 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 et seq., Drug-Free Workplace Act being 41 U.S.C. §§ 701 et seq., and adopts a sexual harassment policy. The handbook also has a certificate of receipt which the employee and the personnel manager must sign.
(C) This section shall take effect under publication.
(Ord. 2015-01, passed 4-21-2015)