1. The Borough shall provide an employee benefits program for all Borough employees with the benefits package that is presently in effect as of the date of this Part. Such package includes term life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, and medical insurance. Medical insurance will be provided for dependant spouses and children of employees. Nothing shall preclude the Borough from providing additional coverage for employees but coverage shall not be reduced for any employee after being admitted to the plan; such benefits are only available to full-time employees of the Borough and cease when an individual terminates or is terminated from his or her position in the Borough. [Ord. 80-4]
2. All uniformed police officers will, upon retirement, receive a police pension in
accordance with the terms and conditions of Ord. 89-2, 4/17/1989 [Part 3]. [A.O.]
3. The following holidays will be observed by employees of the Borough: New Years Day; Good Friday; Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; and 1 personal day; Christmas Day. When Christmas falls on a Saturday, Friday will be the holiday; on Sunday, Monday will be the holiday. A salaried employee required to work on a holiday will receive compensatory time off work. [Ord. 80-4]
4. The following vacation schedule applies to all full-time employees: 1 through 10 years service–2 weeks vacation; 11 through 20 years service–3 weeks vacation; over 20 years service–4 weeks vacation. (The first and last eligible year will be based on date employed or terminated and will be prorated as follows: employed May 1 or after or terminated August 31 or before, authorizes you only one-half of your yearly eligible amount. Employed April 30 or before, or terminated September 1 or after, authorizes you your full yearly eligible amount.) Employees shall notify their department head of desired vacation dates by April 15 of that year. All employees must take vacations and vacation time cannot be accumulated from 1 year to the next. A holiday which falls within a vacation week shall not be counted as a day of vacation. A vacation week shall consist of a basic work week in terms of days and hours. Employees prevented from taking vacation due to essential work may be reimbursed for unused vacation, not to exceed 1 week, at the end of the year.
1. Employed May 1 or after 2. Terminated August 31 or before | One-half of the eligible amount |
1. Employed April 30th or before 2. Terminated September 1 or after | Full eligible amount |
5. All employees of the Borough will be entitled to sick leave on the same basis as vacation. Sick leave may be accumulated from year to year to a maximum of 40 days. On the effective date of this subsection, employees will be granted accumulated sick leave on the foregoing basis effective from the dates of this Part. An employee who is absent due to illness for 3 or more days must submit a doctor’s certificate before being compensated for lost time. Sick leave shall not be combine with vacation except with a doctor’s certificate. Employees on sick leave whose sickness or injury absence is covered by worker’s compensation will be reimbursed only for the difference between the worker’s compensation and regular pay for the days of sick leave for which they are eligible. Employees will not be paid for unused sick leave. [Ord. 79-21]
6. Employees may be granted excused absences, not exceeding 3 days, to count as sick leave for urgent personal purposes, such as attending the funeral of a relative.
7. The Borough Council may authorize leaves of absence for full-time Borough employees, with or without pay, for the following purpose: (A) attendance at school for the purpose of training in subjects relate to the work of the employee and which will benefit the employee and the Borough service; (B) urgent personal business requiring employees attention for an extended period of time; and (C) purposes other than the above deemed beneficial to the Borough service. All unauthorized and unreported absence shall be considered absence without leave and deduction of pay shall automatically be made for the period of absence. Unauthorized absences constitute grounds for disciplinary action. [Ord. 79-21]
8. An employee who is required to absent himself or herself from work for jury duty shall be paid the difference between his or her compensation for jury duty and his or her regular rate of pay, provided the employee did not volunteer for jury duty [Ord. 79-21]
9. Additional personnel issues may be reviewed in the employee handbook. [A.O.]
(Ord. 77-6, 5/12/1977, HIV; as amended by Ord. 79-21, 11/19/1979; by Ord. 80-4, 11/19/1979; and by A.O.)