(a) Purpose. The purpose of this policy is to ensure uniform adherence to the established procedures for compensating eligible employees of the City of Ripley for a personnel incentive.
(b) Definitions.
(1) "Eligible employee" means any permanent employee of the City of Ripley, including any probationary or provisional employee having prior qualifying service, whose position requires 12 months service per year, and who is eligible to receive the same benefits as other permanent employees, and also including any paid judicial appointees. Employees who work less than full time are not eligible to receive years of service credit for such employment.
(2) "Time of service" means full years of total service as an employee of the City of Ripley (1 year equals 12 months).
A. Employment of less than full-time shall not be counted when computing full years of service.
B. This does not exclude any time during the year that an employee is off the payroll in a no-pay status for unauthorized leave, leave of absence (personal, medical or parental), Workers' Compensation temporary total disability benefits, or suspension.
C. When a provisional appointee attains permanent status and the City elects to include such employment in the probationary period, the provisional appointment tenure shall be included in the years of service calculation.
(c) Policy.
(1) Effective the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, every eligible employee with six months or more of service may be eligible to receive a personnel incentive in an amount decided upon by the City Council by a resolution. Any person employed full time who is serving a probationary period shall be entitled to one-half the incentive as voted upon by Council.
A. A personnel incentive shall not be paid to an employee until the employee has met the eligibility factors and after his/her services have been rendered to the City.
B. Personnel incentives shall be in addition to any across-the-board, cost-of-living, or percentage salary increases which may be granted in any fiscal year.
C. The personnel incentive shall not replace any other financial rewards or incentives as voted on by the City Council.
D. Employee entitlement to the incentive compensation is expressly subject to, and contingent on, an annual determination by the Common Council for each fiscal year that adequate and sufficient moneys are available to fund the personnel incentive compensation policy and that Council appropriates the moneys necessary to pay the personnel incentive compensation. In the event such determination and appropriation is not made for any year, no entitlement to such personnel incentive compensation shall vest in any employee or be payable at any time by the City of Ripley.
(2) In accordance with the U.S. Department of Labor ruling of August 26, 1985, the incentive payments shall only be included when computing the determined rate of pay for overtime payment for employees working in excess of 40 hours in any workweek.
(3) The incentive pay shall be included when determining an employee's daily rate to be reported to the Bureau of Employment Programs, and the Worker's Compensation Division.
(4) The incentive pay shall be included in an employee's reportable income for unemployment compensation benefits.
(5) Compensation entitlement shall not be construed to mandate an increase in the salary of any elected City official.
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