Service requirements for advancement within compensation schedules and for other purposes as specified in this chapter shall have the implication of continuous service, which means employment in the City service without a break or interruption. Leave of absence with or without pay of not to exceed thirty-one consecutive days shall not interrupt continuous service nor be deducted therefrom. Leave of absence without pay in excess of thirty-one days, except for extended service with the Armed Forces of the United States, shall be deducted in computing total service, but shall not serve to interrupt continuous service.
All absences without leave in excess of one day shall be deducted from, and all absences without leave in excess of three days shall interrupt continuity of service. In case of repeated absences without leave, the City Manager may consider the service of the employee interrupted and shall have the record of the employee show same.
Where the services of an employee have been terminated by the City for economic reasons and the employee continued to perform services for the City although paid under a state or federal program, such as the Emergency Employment Act of 1971, and the employee is subsequently rehired by the City during or immediately at the expiration of the state or federal employment, the time so spent in the state or federal employment shall be included as part of length of service with the City and shall not constitute an interruption of City service for any purpose within this chapter.
Where an individual has been employed and paid under a state or federal program, such as the Emergency Employment Act of 1971, and has been assigned to perform services for the City although not a City employee and the individual is subsequently hired by the City during or immediately at the expiration of the state or federal employment, the time so spent in the state or federal employment while assigned to the City shall be included as part of length of service with the City for any purpose within this chapter.
Union employees, refer to your Collective Bargaining Agreement, Article XIV, Requirements as to Continuity of Service.
(Ord. 12-93. Passed 5-17-93.)