(a) All employees covered by this chapter shall enjoy the following seniority rights: When, due to lack of work, it becomes necessary to lay off employees, the employee with the least seniority standing in the occupational group shall be the first to be laid off, and when employees are recalled, the first to be recalled shall be those last laid off, provided that the employee recalled has previously performed or is capable of doing work then available. Seniority shall be by occupational group or department, starting from the first date of employment with the group or department on work covered herein, except that should an employee have left the service due to discharge for cause, resignation or being on lay-off and refusing to return to work within five days after having been notified to do so, and being later re-employed, the employee's seniority standing shall date from the date of the re-employment.
(b) Non-bargaining unit full-time employees of the City, with five or more years of continuous employment with the City, shall receive, in addition to his or her regular salary or hourly wage, additional compensation at the following rates:
Years of Service Rates
5 full years of service $150
6 full years of service 180
7 full years of service 210
Adding thirty dollars ($30.00) additional each year thereafter of continuous service.
This additional compensation shall be accumulated by the City and shall be paid to employees on the first pay day in December of each year.
In the event an employee terminates his or her employment with the City, his or her longevity pay provided herein shall be prorated over the period of employment in the year of termination.
"Continuous employment," as used in this section, means full-time employment by the City, including regular vacation and sick leave time.
Such continuous employment shall commence at the employee's most recent date of employment. Such longevity pay shall be computed and go into effect on the first day of the first full pay period after the anniversary date of such employment, assuming that time and continuous employment provisions are met.
(Ord. 2003-26. Passed 5-5-03; Ord. 2006-31. Passed 7-17-06.)