For the purposes of this chapter, there are three distinct types of employees, defined as follows:
(a) Full-time employees. FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT STATUS is defined as employees who are scheduled in an active pay status for not less than 2,080 hours annually or regularly scheduled for 40 hours per week. For the purpose of this provision, ACTIVE PAY STATUS is defined as conditions under which an employee is eligible to receive pay, and included, but is not limited to, vacation leave, sick leave, bereavement leave, administrative leave, compensatory time, holidays and personal leave.
(b) Part-time employment.
(1) PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT STATUS is defined as employees who are in an active pay status and not regularly scheduled for more than 56 hours per pay period. Employment in a position that does not normally require a person to work more than 28 hours per week. Employees in these positions are not allowed to work more than 1,456 hours in a year, meaning they shall work only 28 hours per week.
(2) Part-time employees must not work more than 28 hours in a calendar week without permission of the Mayor or the Mayor’s designee and no part-time employee can work more than 1,456 hours in a year. If this is a rehired city employee, the employee’s total hours in a 12-month rolling year back and forward, cannot exceed 1,456 hours. Part-time to seasonal change of status is permissible providing the 12-month rolling back or forward does not exceed 1,456 hours.
(c) Other types of employees.
(1) Temporary employees. Are defined as individuals appointed by the Mayor without regard to the provisions of R.C. §§ 124.01 through 124.64 to address an immediate or limited service need within the city. Except as otherwise provided in R.C. § 124.30(A), the temporary appointment may not continue longer than 120 days. Where a position is vacant for a temporary period by reason of sickness, disability or other approved leave of absence of a regular employee, a temporary appointment may be made for a period longer than 120 days and may continue during the period of sickness, disability or other approved leave of absence..
(2) Seasonal employment.
A. Employment in a position of a seasonal nature, the duration of which does not exceed 26 consecutive weeks. Employees in these positions are not allowed to work more than 1,456 hours in a year including overtime. Seasonal employees can work up to 40 hours per week. Any overtime must have prior approval from the Department Director.
B. Seasonal employees must not exceed 26 weeks and no seasonal employee can work more than 1,456 hours in a year. Upon the completion of their seasonal employment, such employee shall have their employment with the city terminated.
Before being allowed to be rehired by any city department in either a seasonal or part-time position, a former seasonal employee must have a break in service from city employment that is either (a) if the employee worked for 26 consecutive weeks, then the break in service must be greater than or equal to 26 consecutive weeks or (b) if the employee worked for less than 26 consecutive weeks, then the employee may be rehired if the employee’s break in service was at least four consecutive weeks; and the employee’s break in service is longer than the employee’s immediately preceding period of employment with the city.
(Ord. 1998-25, passed 5-18-1998; Ord. 1999-64, passed 4-19-1999; Ord. 2012-46, passed 2-21-2012; Ord. 2012-61, passed 3-5-2012; Ord. 2014-37, passed 4-7-2014; Ord. 2014-87, passed 5-5-2014; Ord. 2015-148, passed 7-6-2015)